Posted by Gary Troxel [24.113.13.141] on Tuesday, May 28, 2013 at 00:28:11 :
In Reply to: Re: Picture of Dad in Korea posted by TGP (IL) [68.166.91.237] on Monday, May 27, 2013 at 16:51:52 :
The first time I ever saw an adult actually shaking from a discussion of anything was my Stepdad discussing the possibility of being called back into active duty for Korea. (WW2 Marine, South Pacific). That had quite the effect on me. I didn't even know what to think or wonder about since he had never talked about the war. He was a Radar Tech. Sergeant, cp-tw I have since discovered he worked on the Radar Units that controlled the Anti-Aircraft Weapons. He was obviously suffering from the Post Traumatic something and we moved around a number of times. This time we moved to Pico Rivera in Southwest Los Angeles. I got to start another school and he was able to get a job at Lockheed in Burbank installing some kind of wiring in F something Saber Jets. My mom and I sat in our 42 Chev fast back most of the day while he stood in line for that job.