queendweeb

Great, I can't just comment. My grandfather served on the same ship as you during WWII.

Okay, maybe you knew him, he was a radioman, from what I recall. Last name was Barkan? I don't remember his rank. He would have been older than you-he was in his 30s when he enlisted.

makes sense to me! it was a big ship after all. thanks for your service. it's nice to "meet" someone else who served on the same ship, regardless. :)

My grandfather, who just turned 100, fought in WWII. He was not a huge fan of the Japanese. My brother married a Japanese woman. The family warned her, of course, that my grandfather was a bigot, and well, that included the Japanese, because WWII. She was understanding-there are similar sentiments towards the US in that demographic, of course. Anyhow, my brother takes her to meet my grandfather, and we expect some horror stories about, well...grandpa being grandpa. Nope! He was lovely. Charming! Apparently he's mellowed a bit in his old age, or my mom put the fear of god in him (she was notorious in family lore for making him apologize, in front of everyone, for an anti-semitic comment. did I mention her side of the family is jewish? yeah.)

I had my surgeon give my pix of my appendix. He thought it was really funny. (I had a scheduled appendectomy, fairly uncommon, for the removal of my appendix due to appendicolith. Basically I had poop rocks in my appendix. Whee!)