Posted 8/29/2025 21:31 (#11348100 - in reply to #11348030) Subject: RE: Favorite stories from Grandparents
Wisconsin
The most excited I've heard my grandfather was his telling of VJ day crossing Panama on a train full of other young naval recruits and a lot of fireworks, you could still feel the relief 70 years later. He would have been 17 I believe, and probably could have got out of the draft also.