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Post by oldtimer on Mar 27, 2018 20:23:56 GMT -5
59...........You have a remarkable memory especially with names...
A little story.........As a small child I grew up in a neighborhood of Italion immigrents....Italian was probably spoken more then English...I subsequently had to learn to speak, read and write in Italian by a very early age........
As my early years went by I entered the Marine Corp and no longer had a need or seldom used the Italion language...Upon my return to civilian life the area had drastically changed...Year by year, deaths, movement, American ways, I had little need for the language, and at the age of 85 except for a word or two completely forgot it...
At age 85-86 I had a stroke and was semi-consious for a period of 6 months...As I slowly began to regain my senses I was eventually moved to a recovery center...One early morning as I lay in bed, I was struck by a revalation...I suddenly remembered the Italian language and as the days went by was able to put sentences together.........
I asked my Psychologist friend about what had happened...He answered...We are only in the very early stage of understanding the workings of the mind...We do know however the memory storage space of it is vast which can somehow be awaken by something as simple as a song...............In my case it was stored for over 60 years!!!!
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Post by ic59 on Mar 28, 2018 4:23:02 GMT -5
OT, in a couple of paragraphs, you've summarized the American Experience. I'm a dozen years younger and grew up in an Irish household, and language was never a consideration. My father arrived from Ireland in 1915 and my wife (Italian extraction) first met him in 1962, and told me about his Irish accent. I never knew he had one.
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MEMORY
Mar 28, 2018 12:24:44 GMT -5
Post by qs on Mar 28, 2018 12:24:44 GMT -5
OT, I suspect that all the memories are in there, just some are easier to recall than others. When I was eight I was drowning at Hudson Park and my (short) life passed before me in less than a second. So we can't get away with anything folks! It's also stored in that big pdf in the sky.
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MEMORY
Mar 31, 2018 15:34:31 GMT -5
Post by oldtimer on Mar 31, 2018 15:34:31 GMT -5
Easter Sunday fell on April 1st 3 times during the 1900s...This one was Sunday April 1st 1945..We were awaken at 4 am, had breakfast then MASS...We knew the time had come to invade the mainland...We climbed down the ropes onto the small landing crafts and entered the waters between where a hectic sea and air battle was taking place...
Many would not see the light of another day.....73 years have past..
Sleep well fellows...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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MEMORY
Mar 31, 2018 17:34:50 GMT -5
Post by ic59 on Mar 31, 2018 17:34:50 GMT -5
My prayers are with all those brave guys. Those who lived to see another day and those who didn't.
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Mar 31, 2018 18:56:22 GMT -5
Post by oldtimer on Mar 31, 2018 18:56:22 GMT -5
]My prayers are with all those brave guys. Those who lived to see another day and those who didn't.[/quote]59
59.................In my Marine Corps. years I have never seen another Marine shirk or run from danger...I have wondered why... I have come to the conclusion that there were many reasons besides bravery...Shame and being known as a coward were the most deterent factors and they were stronger then the fear of death......
Extreme bravery at times came from the most unexpected places...!!!!!!!!
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