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Music Appreciation

OAITW r.2.0

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2. My dad had friends that died on the Thresher.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Thu Apr 10, 2025, 07:26 PM

Apr 10

He never cried...but that accident really shook him up. A USN WW2 vet that served on a pocket Aircraft Carrier, he was an engine room guy that worked 3 stories below the the water.

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Five songs have been written about the USS Thresher, which sank on this day, April 10, 1963. [View all] mahatmakanejeeves Apr 10 OP

Interesting Gruenemann Apr 10 #1

My dad had friends that died on the Thresher. OAITW r.2.0 Apr 10 #2