Apollo E-cig contest/giveaway thread!!

[Marina2]

That's awful! My dad was based in Britian before Normandy. He did speak fondly of the Brits, wasn't very fond of the Germans, though...lol...and no, I'm not as old as this makes me sound! My father was well into his 40's when he married my mother.

My Dad was a good bit older than my mom too. My mom absolutely hated Germans but you can't blame her... she suffered through bombings in London, the blackouts and such. Plus, she lost her father to the war for many, many years.

 

[redrebel821]

My Dad was a good bit older than my mom too. My mom absolutely hated Germans but you can't blame her... she suffered through bombings in London, the blackouts and such. Plus, she lost her father to the war for many, many years.

My father was 1st generation American. His mother and father both left occupied Poland/Russia (depending on who was drawing the lines on the map at the time) as teenagers and met in America. My mothers family is German/Dutch. My grandparents always wanted my dad to marry a nice Polish or Russian girl. Both sides of my mothers family had come to the States long before either war, so they were sort of OK with it...lol

 

[redrebel821]

Oh gosh, you really need to have those letters to read. What can you do get her to scan them? All of them!!

I would love to be ale to read them. Sadly, she is a vicious, vindictive little brat and I can't do a thing about it.

 

[wvloony]

Nsga adak & USS Sacramento...permission to come aboard

 

[redrebel821]

Nsga adak & USS Sacramento...permission to come aboard

Granted, our little squid!

 

[wvloony]

Anchors away, and im not the only one, dont forget karen sis

 

[wvloony]

Or wait thats sis, sis

 

[redrebel821]

Lmaoooo, I didn't forget Squidward!

 

[jseah]

My Dad was a good bit older than my mom too. My mom absolutely hated Germans but you can't blame her... she suffered through bombings in London, the blackouts and such. Plus, she lost her father to the war for many, many years.

My grandfather (on my mom's side) was an army cook in the 1940's or 1950's. That was right after he arrived in the US with his brothers. This was when the Asian Exclusion Act was just repealed but immigration from China was still highly restricted, so males were allowed to come to the US, but they could not bring their families. So his wife and kids (including my mom) was left behind. The US wanted the cheap labor force, but didn't want them having families here. Still have old photos of him in his army uniform with his Irish girlfriend. After the immigration laws was loosened in the 60's, he was finally able to sponsor my family to come to the US.

My dad was in the Chinese army fighting against the Japanese during WWII and then fought against Mao and the Communists after WWII. For decades he still hated the Japanese and would not eat at a Japanese restaurant or buy Japanese products. When the Communists won and drove Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalists from China to Taiwan, he left with them and left behind his first wife and his two sons in China. The Taiwanese government then sent him to Hong Kong to spy on mainland China. That's where he met my mom.....she was a young mom with small kids, so it didn't raise any suspicions when she traveled to China to visit her sister. So my mom would visit China, meet people there who would give info to her, and she would return to Hong Kong and pass that info to my dad. This part of my family history I never knew until my adult years. My entire life I thought my dad was an accountant because that was what was written on my birth certificate. Since the communist government couldn't get to my dad, they did the next best thing....they went after his family. His two sons were put into a reeducation labor camp for a number of years. The younger of the two was eventually caught trying to sneak out of China and was executed. The older was finally allowed to emigrate from China to the US in the early 80's.

 

[wvloony]

I come from a long family history of contentious objectors...lol. there have only been three members of the entire family on my mothers side to serve, my uncle and cousin both served. My family on either side is Mennonite, so if your familiar with that then you understand why so few

 

[redrebel821]

My grandfather (on my mom's side) was an army cook in the 1940's or 1950's. That was right after he arrived in the US with his brothers. This was when the Asian Exclusion Act was just repealed but immigration from China was still highly restricted, so males were allowed to come to the US, but they could not bring their families. So his wife and kids (including my mom) was left behind. The US wanted the cheap labor force, but didn't want them having families here. Still have old photos of him in his army uniform with his Irish girlfriend. After the immigration laws was loosened in the 60's, he was finally able to sponsor my family to come to the US.

My dad was in the Chinese army fighting against the Japanese during WWII and then fought against Mao and the Communists after WWII. For decades he still hated the Japanese and would not eat at a Japanese restaurant or buy Japanese products. When the Communists won and drove Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalists from China to Taiwan, he left with them and left behind his first wife and his two sons in China. The Taiwanese government then sent him to Hong Kong to spy on mainland China. That's where he met my mom.....she was a young mom with small kids, so it didn't raise any suspicions when she traveled to China to visit her sister. So my mom would visit China, meet people there who would give info to her, and she would return to Hong Kong and pass that info to my dad. This part of my family history I never knew until my adult years. My entire life I thought my dad was an accountant because that was what was written on my birth certificate. Since the communist government couldn't get to my dad, they did the next best thing....they went after his family. His two sons were put into a reeducation labor camp for a number of years. The younger of the two was eventually caught trying to sneak out of China and was executed. The older was finally allowed to emigrate from China to the US in the early 80's.

wow...just wow. The things we learn about our parents when we are adults is astonishing.

 

[liblue1]

Good morning everyone........

 

[redrebel821]

Good morning everyone........

Afternoon!!! We're sharing war stories today while we vape! Amazing how many people I knew that started smoking in Basic!

 

[jseah]

That reminds me....my oldest nephew (his dad is my oldest brother, the one who spent time in the camp) who is only two years younger than me, spent some time in the Navy. Went through OCS after graduating from college with an engineering degree and served on a sub. He left the Navy and now he lives in Michigan.

 

[redrebel821]

That reminds me....my oldest nephew (his dad is my oldest brother, the one who spent time in the camp) who is only two years younger than me, spent some time in the Navy. Went through OCS after graduating from college with an engineering degree and served on a sub. He left the Navy and now he lives in Michigan.

I'm glad he was finally able to leave China and reunite with all of you.

 

[jseah]

I'm glad he was finally able to leave China and reunite with all of you.

Unfortunately I really didn't see them much other than them staying with us for a few months when they first arrived in the US. My mom didn't want to have anything to do with him since he wasn't hers.

 

[Marina2]

My grandfather (on my mom's side) was an army cook in the 1940's or 1950's. That was right after he arrived in the US with his brothers. This was when the Asian Exclusion Act was just repealed but immigration from China was still highly restricted, so males were allowed to come to the US, but they could not bring their families. So his wife and kids (including my mom) was left behind. The US wanted the cheap labor force, but didn't want them having families here. Still have old photos of him in his army uniform with his Irish girlfriend. After the immigration laws was loosened in the 60's, he was finally able to sponsor my family to come to the US.

My dad was in the Chinese army fighting against the Japanese during WWII and then fought against Mao and the Communists after WWII. For decades he still hated the Japanese and would not eat at a Japanese restaurant or buy Japanese products. When the Communists won and drove Chiang Kai Shek's Nationalists from China to Taiwan, he left with them and left behind his first wife and his two sons in China. The Taiwanese government then sent him to Hong Kong to spy on mainland China. That's where he met my mom.....she was a young mom with small kids, so it didn't raise any suspicions when she traveled to China to visit her sister. So my mom would visit China, meet people there who would give info to her, and she would return to Hong Kong and pass that info to my dad. This part of my family history I never knew until my adult years. My entire life I thought my dad was an accountant because that was what was written on my birth certificate. Since the communist government couldn't get to my dad, they did the next best thing....they went after his family. His two sons were put into a reeducation labor camp for a number of years. The younger of the two was eventually caught trying to sneak out of China and was executed. The older was finally allowed to emigrate from China to the US in the early 80's.

Wow... no words.

That's quite an amazing story. It's hard to imagine what our parents and grandparents lived through back then.

 

[redrebel821]

Unfortunately I really didn't see them much other than them staying with us for a few months when they first arrived in the US. My mom didn't want to have anything to do with him since he wasn't hers.

Step children weren't as common then. It was such a different time.

 

[mekakeisei]

See! We are related! I'm a combat medic now CSaR for Guardians in my clans' military simulator game and a handful of the guys act like babies sometimes.

Lmaoooo....combat medic/cardiac specialist, but spent most of my time in Korea working newborn nursery.

 

[redrebel821]

See! We are related! I'm a combat medic now CSaR for Guardians in my clans' military simulator game and a handful of the guys act like babies sometimes.

Lol... We always joked that if guys had to go through childbirth, there would be no overpopulation problems!