[Yeah, he's seen that look too. And he's given it a fair few number of times, himself.]
Right. [Now his smile is almost sad. That's even worse, honestly, but again - nothing you can do, right?] What was it like? I mean, did you see much before everything went to hell in a handbasket? [He's still curious.]
In New York, until 1943. [Which is said with something akin to a grimace, because he wanted to be out there a lot sooner.] After that, all over Europe, mostly. Like I said, we were based out of London, but we jumped into Normandy and I've been to Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Italy, and Czechoslovakia, too. Last place I saw was the Alps. [So he has to shake his head a little.] I never made it over to Asia. There's a couple of guys here, though, who served in the Marines - uh. Still are in the Marines, actually. It's '44 for them, back home.
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Right. [Now his smile is almost sad. That's even worse, honestly, but again - nothing you can do, right?] What was it like? I mean, did you see much before everything went to hell in a handbasket? [He's still curious.]
In New York, until 1943. [Which is said with something akin to a grimace, because he wanted to be out there a lot sooner.] After that, all over Europe, mostly. Like I said, we were based out of London, but we jumped into Normandy and I've been to Germany, Austria, Belgium, Greece, Poland, Italy, and Czechoslovakia, too. Last place I saw was the Alps. [So he has to shake his head a little.] I never made it over to Asia. There's a couple of guys here, though, who served in the Marines - uh. Still are in the Marines, actually. It's '44 for them, back home.