I am not a veteran. My dad was a WWII veteran. So were several other family members, including some of my aunts ( great-aunts ). When my dad died, in the 1990's, I found the letter that Harry Truman sent him after the war, to thank him for serving his country. I guess it was something sent to every returning serviceman, but my dad kept it all those years, although he had few souvenirs. And tucked in my dad's wallet, with his driver's license, was his discharge card from the army. I'll never know now why my dad kept that in his wallet for almost 50 years--maybe he was afraid the army would come back for him.
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