prune picker

This is the blog of a prune picker. (Native born Californian) Retired oilfield. I am an old man. I blog a lot about my body and getting old. As I approach death life gets more interesting. More interesting is not good. I still drive. I attend sports, music, and civic events. I am writing my memoirs. I attend swim class three times a week. Some of my blogs might be interesting. A lot of my blogs are silly and trivial. None are very long.

Saturday, September 22, 2012

World War II Museum visit.



The adult price for the Museum is $27. I was let in free as a WW 2 veteran. I knew that my army service would pay off someday!


I spent many hours in a Higgens Boat. Made two combat landings. Angaur and Okinawa.


Did a lot of training on the water cooled 30 caliber and the 50 caliber air cooled machine guns.


Spent many nights in a bunk bed like this. 


I was well dressed.


Peleliu is where I was wounded in September 1944.



The landing on Japan was going to be much bigger than D Day. We were getting ready. I loved the sound of the words "atomic bomb".

The  Museum has added a Tom Hanks film on the story of WW 2.  65 million people were killed during the war. The largest war in the history of the world. I enjoyed my visit. There is another large building under construction.

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