[Coco] Lest we forget, Dec 07, 1941, 70 years ago today

[James Hrubik]

Wow.  I'm keeping that one -- thanks, John.  In fact, I'd like your  
permission to use it, unaltered, and with credits.  You wouldn't  
happen to have photos as well, would you?

My father-in-law was visiting family in Transylvania in late August  
1939.  The State Department sent several telegrams warning him to  
leave.  He delayed until September 1st, then made his way to the US  
Consulate in Budapest, from where he was given an exit route to a  
port from which he could sail home.  He could never tell the story  
without breaking down when he came to the part where he saw the Stars  
and Stripes at the doors of the Consulate.

I know that feeling, having had the pleasure of walking through the  
doors of the Consulate in Calgary, and even though being in a  
friendly neighboring country, being struck by the fact that I was  
suddenly standing in a piece of the US of A.

My Dad served on the submarine base at Pearl from 1943-45.

Oh - yeah - on topic -- it was during my years as an alien in  
Edmonton (ties in with the Consulate visit) that I bought my first  
CoCo ...


On Dec 10, 2011, at 6:29 AM, John Odom wrote:

> I don.t know if the attachment will go through or not. I have  
> attached the text only of a web page I used tp have that explains  
> my connection with the USS Oklahoma that was sunk at Pearl. I feel  
> so privileged to have known many of those men.
>
> If the attachment does not go through, email me and I can send the  
> story by individual email to those that want it.
>
> John L. Odom
> Chemist/Microscopist
>
>
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