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| Robert Ervin Putnam |
My father, Robert Ervin Putnam, past away five years ago, next Sunday, March 27th. His life and stories will take up lots of posts in the future. This is just a quick post because of an experience I had last week. I was in Washington, DC for some meetings a came out of the metro at the Navy Monument. It was random chance as I really should have stayed on and switched trains, but it was a nice day and I thought it would be nice to take a walk before my meeting.
As soon as I had gotten above ground, I realized where I was and I took some time to look around. My understanding was that my father lied about his age so that he could join up during World War II. He wanted to be a pilot, but some issues with his teeth caused him to redirect into the Navel Reserves.
I really don't have much information on his time in the reserves, so plan on doing some digging soon.
I really don't have much information on his time in the reserves, so plan on doing some digging soon.
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