Dad quit school in the eigth grade when his father died, and went to work to help support his eight brothers and sisters. Scrambling for money on the mean streets of Jersey City during the Great Depression. People starved, you know. You could then, without really trying. Now, you have to go out of your way to starve in the United States, but not then.
At 17, he joined the United States Army and did a tour with the Coast Artillery in Panama, as a radioman. About 1933 ish.
It made him a man, disciplined, thoughtful, willing to learn. When he got out he found a good job, and worked in a wallpaper factory until the Japanese attacked us. He enlisted, and proceeded to visit sunny North Africa, sunny Sicily, rainy England, … Read entire article »
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Dad and Military Service
December 22nd, 2005 | 1 Comment
Dad quit school in the eigth grade when his father died, and went to work to help support his eight brothers and sisters. Scrambling for money on the mean streets of Jersey City during the Great Depression. People starved, you know. You could then, without really trying. Now, you have to go out of your way to starve in the United States, but not then. At 17, he joined the United States Army and did a tour with the Coast Artillery in Panama, as a radioman. About 1933 ish. It made him a man, disciplined, thoughtful, willing to learn. When he got out he found a good job, and worked in a wallpaper factory until the Japanese attacked us. He enlisted, and proceeded to visit sunny North Africa, sunny Sicily, rainy England, … Read entire article »
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