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jlerollblues

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9. Hits close to home

Reply to packman (Original post)

Mon Sep 27, 2021, 01:11 PM

Sep 2021

My grandfather woke up with a few bodies on top of him and a toe tag. This was on a porch in France in WWI after a mustard gas attack. He rarely talked about it

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Pronounced dead until he spat at a doctor who was zipping him up in a body bag. [View all] packman Sep 2021 OP

That guy was a beast. Wingus Dingus Sep 2021 #1

No kidding. 🇺🇸 underpants Sep 2021 #2

I thought this was going to be MontanaMama Sep 2021 #3

They're spitting out of the other end. FSogol Sep 2021 #7

Same day USS Scorpion (SSN-589) was lost with all hands Submariner Sep 2021 #4

IN the running 4Q2u2 Sep 2021 #5

I'm not dead yet! Lucky Luciano Sep 2021 #6

The son of Mexican immigrants. Grins Sep 2021 #8

Hits close to home jlerollblues Sep 2021 #9

Welcome to DU ! KS Toronado Sep 2021 #10

K&R. n/t iluvtennis Sep 2021 #11