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i can understand why my father was exhausted...


after the war. and skinny as anything. six years of stress in various frigates and supply boats.

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Yes. My dad was 5'11" 130 pounds and anemic when he got out of the U.S. Navy after three years on a destroyer in the south Pacific in WWII.

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my father also got pneumonia and almost died. they gave him antibiotics which was relatively new and he was better in a few days.

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Truly the greatest, and maybe the last greatest generation. Thank you for your father's service.

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