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Mon Jun 18, 2007 4:42 pm

somebody stole my dad's only uniform on an island in the Pacific. There were still Japanese dead. So, he hunted for a uniform. Found one about his size and started to undress the body when a Marine came along and said, "Strange way of collecting trophies, fella!" Dad, replied #@#. He boiled the uniform, painted his boondockers red, and wore the uniform on a mission. Most in the squadron figured Dad as a somewhat unusual character and let it be. However, the squadron commander found out and made sure dad had a new U.S. Navy issued uniform.


Completely unrelated but this reminded me of my grandfather. While he was in the Philippines he adopted a spider monkey named Pete. Pete would cost my grandfather a ton of money because he would steal and eat everyones' candy and cigarettes. While in Japan his battalion was preparing to board a ship the next day and someone stole Pete.

Mon Jun 18, 2007 6:52 pm

or let him go so he wouldn't bother the daylights out of everybody on that stinky, cramped seasickness inducing troop ship :D

Tue Jun 19, 2007 11:28 am

rwdfresno wrote:
somebody stole my dad's only uniform on an island in the Pacific. There were still Japanese dead. So, he hunted for a uniform. Found one about his size and started to undress the body when a Marine came along and said, "Strange way of collecting trophies, fella!" Dad, replied #@#. He boiled the uniform, painted his boondockers red, and wore the uniform on a mission. Most in the squadron figured Dad as a somewhat unusual character and let it be. However, the squadron commander found out and made sure dad had a new U.S. Navy issued uniform.


Completely unrelated but this reminded me of my grandfather. While he was in the Philippines he adopted a spider monkey named Pete. Pete would cost my grandfather a ton of money because he would steal and eat everyones' candy and cigarettes. While in Japan his battalion was preparing to board a ship the next day and someone stole Pete.


Probably the same guy stole my Dad's uniform, broke his 75rpm record of ,"Pistol-Packin Mama." He used to play it before each mission...real loud over the PA system...in the wee hours of the morn.

Tue Jun 19, 2007 1:52 pm

78 RPM...from someone who remembers 'em. :shock:

Mudge the geezer :roll:

Fri Jun 22, 2007 1:28 pm

Completely unrelated but this reminded me of my grandfather. While he was in the Philippines he adopted a spider monkey named Pete. Pete would cost my grandfather a ton of money because he would steal and eat everyones' candy and cigarettes. While in Japan his battalion was preparing to board a ship the next day and someone stole Pete.



I believe this is the monkey my Dad "adopted" when he was at Moret Field, Zamboanga, Mindanao, Philippine Islands. I have no history about this monkey, its name, or what eventually happened to the little fella. All I have is this one photo...and I also don't know if he had the monkey when he went MIA.


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