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 MEMORIES

If you have a story for the MEMORIES Section, we would like to hear from you. Please send your story to the Scoop, c/o, MEMORIES, American Legion Post 372, Marlboro and Martin Ave., Cherry Hill, NJ, 08002 and/or squinn9807@aol.com

My father, Robert B. Quinn, died at the age of 66 on July 14, 1994 of colon cancer. Shortly before he became ill, I became interested in family genealogy and made up a list of questions I wanted to ask family members to make a lasting record of our family history. However, as so often happens, daily life seemed to get in the way.
My father’s illness progressed rapidly and before I knew it he was gone. It wasn’t until after his death that I realized just how little I knew about his life as a young man and as a soldier.
My father came from a relatively small family and I had no one to discuss his military years with. My mother did not meet my father until after he left the service. Apparently he did not speak a lot about his time in the military to her, or else she simply forgot over the years.
What she did tell me is that he served with a U.S. Army tank brigade in Germany and was in WWII and the Korean War. There you have it. That is all I know.
Although I can’t say much about my fathers time in the service, what I can relate is that the time and experiences he had in the military obviously served him well and influenced him to be a wonderful man and father.
I was fortunate enough to find a couple of pictures of my father in some old photo albums. How I now wish I could go back in time and ask him some of the stories behind them.
I wrote this article not so much to share a memory, but to confess my procrastination to you.
Hopefully, for those of you interested in knowing about your loved ones time in the service, this tale will encourage you to find the time to sit down with your beloved Vet, ask questions, and find out about their experiences...before its too late..

Submitted by Sue Quinn-Morris
Ladies Auxiliary
 

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