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5. Yep, in more ways than one. My dad a WWII sailor and Mom a SPAR in Coast Guard.

Reply to Borogove (Reply #3)

Tue Aug 19, 2025, 11:31 AM

Aug 19

They would be sooo disappointed that all the reasons they served for mean nothing to our current administration and his hench men and women.

RIP to all those who served.

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Last living WWII ace, humble Nebraska hero, Donald McPherson dies at 103 [View all] Omaha Steve Aug 19 OP

... littlemissmartypants Aug 19 #1

RIP area51 Aug 19 #2

I'm missing that generation more and more every day. Borogove Aug 19 #3

Yep, in more ways than one. My dad a WWII sailor and Mom a SPAR in Coast Guard. Fla Dem Aug 19 #5

Donald Clouds Passing Aug 19 #4

Thank you for your sacrifices and service. republianmushroom Aug 19 #6

Just imagine, he was 23 at the end of WWII JMCKUSICK Aug 19 #7

That plane was like a flying warthog wolfie001 Aug 19 #8

Holy smokes, 1945 was 80 years ago! Donald McPherson was a flying ace at age 23 FakeNoose Aug 19 #9