Sheldon wrote:
> On Nov 11, 8:15�pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>> ntantiques wrote:
>>> On Nov 11, 4:28 am, "jmcquown" > wrote:
>>> My FIL was a career Marine officer and retired a bird Colonel in
>>> 1964. �He still lives and breathes the Corps and don't even get him
>>> started on the subject of fraudulent veterans - yikes. �Would bet
>>> money he and your Dad crossed paths at some point. �Small world.
>>
>>> Nancy T
>>
>> That's entirely possible, NancyT. �Dad was at the Tet Offensive. �He
>> was sort of hung up on Vietnam, it's pretty much all he talked about
>> the last few years. �He didn't speak much about the other conflicts
>> he was involved with.
>>
>> I found some rather neat photos of him from the 1940's and 50's.
>> �Contrary to some postings by Sheldon, there were actually Marines
>> on Navy ships in WWII. �He apparently doesn't realize the Navy and
>> Marines have always been very closely aligned.
>
>
> Hey, I never made any such postings... show me. You're suffering
> dementia/senility for certain. I give you two more years at the most
> and you'll be in a nursing home gacking farina and having your diapers
> changed.
>
> I fed plenty of jar heads, if he was with the Big "E" during the Bay
> of Pigs campaign I probably fed your old man.


You did indeed claim Marines didn't serve on Navy ships during WWII but I
don't have to bother to dig up posts from the 90's to prove it. He was
never in Cuba so sorry, you didn't feed my father your version of SOS

Jill