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Posted 2 years ago
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in the first pic, the sleeping guy is on my Poppa:)
my Poppa is the first in the second pic.
these are taken during WW2, my Poppa was in the war, i also found his uniform buttons in a junk drawer, i love them!!
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Great pic.Please say Thanks to Poppa for me.
:) thanks and sadly Poppa past away the day after rememberance day a few years ago:(
Sorry to hear that but please still tell him Thank You.
Where did he live? Where was he deployed to during WWII?
My Poppa is from Ontario, Canada but i don't know anything about his time in the war, he was a very quiet and gentle man so he never talked about it. i did learn a little through researching his uniform buttons, but not much:)