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Originally Posted by cmac2012
I imagine it would amaze us if we knew of the adventures that our various ancestors went through, narrowly escaping death, after which they contributed to our own gene pool.
I was giving my dad grief about some BS once and he came back with "What? Do you realize that I spent 9 months in a foxhole keeping a jap from climbing down my neck?"
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Undoubtedly. I wish I had compiled all the stories my father and his siblings had from their expriences. I have an amazing letter from one of my uncles who was a fighter pilot with the SAAF and then RAF in North Africa and Burma during WWII. Makes for interesting reading.
- Peter.
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