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American History

Nittersing

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1. My Dad (1920-2009)

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Jul 15, 2026, 10:15 AM

Yesterday

was originally assigned to the 10th Mtn Division. He grew up in the upper peninsula and had some experience skiing.

Somehow, they missed the fact that he wore glasses (and had since he was a little kid) and he was pretty quickly reassigned.

He ended up teaching at NYU and I often wonder how different our family history would have been.

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