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MNGunner
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Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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Tribute to my Uncle Ray
I'd just like to pay a little tribute to my Uncle Ray who just died: http://www.obitsforlife.com/obituary/86 ... aymond.phpHe and his brothers, including my dad, grew up in South Philly in the Great Depression. They ate mustard sandwiches and the three brothers slept in a single bed. They all volunteered for World War II--my two uncles fought in Europe and my dad in the Pacific. Uncle Ray was in the Army and fought in the Battle of the Bulge. He never talked about it much. None of them did. Only a story here and there that I remember. Like the time Germans were talking to him on the radio trying to pretend to be Americans and get their position (all with thick German accents)--Uncle Ray was a really funny guy and he used to just screw with them. Or the time he talked about walking through the rubble of French villages with his 1911 out, safety off. Goodbye, Uncle Ray.
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VooDoo Daddy
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Mar 17, 2013 6:55 pm Posts: 2005
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
A toast to your Uncle Ray. And one to all that generation. Never will we have a generation of people like them.
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MNGunner
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
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AirFido
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Joined: Fri Jul 17, 2009 8:59 am Posts: 259
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
RIP Warrior
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Trousertrout
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:18 pm Posts: 1060 Location: Ohio-The land of few ducks
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
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MNGunner
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
Thanks, guys
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Swampnuts
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Wed Dec 12, 2012 3:12 pm Posts: 1504 Location: St.Amant,LA
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
Sorry for your loss, thanks to you and yours for serving.
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Frog
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Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:49 am Posts: 3260
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
My step father also grew up in S Philly and talks about the same sandwiches. Also fought in WWII and Korea. Hell of a guy, I call him dad.
I'm sorry for your loss, a great loss indeed
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MNGunner
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Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
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Sun Mar 16, 2014 5:34 pm |
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Frog
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Joined: Mon Jun 13, 2011 8:49 am Posts: 3260
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
Irish, Maginnis is the name. Said he had to fight almost every day. Probably still give a guy a go at 85. They all put that behind them when they faced the enemy.
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MNGunner
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:56 pm Posts: 2623 Location: Minnesota
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
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Full Throttle
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Sun Jan 25, 2009 8:09 pm Posts: 1268 Location: North Texas
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Re: Tribute to my Uncle Ray
Sorry for your loss. Sounds like he was a great man.
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