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I realise Memorial here in the states has past, but I recently lost a dear uncle of mine last month. This photo was taken at Tulagi an island in the South pacific where he and others were engaged in warfare against the Japanese. I really don't think he was a prisoner of war, but I remember my mom taking about this photo mentioning how many were starving and how skinny he looks. The expression on his face and joking around sums up who he was. When I was growing up, I would visit their home which was on about 50 acres north of Detroit. They had horses and a gigantic garden which I helped with. Although he was my aunt's husband, everyone called him uncle Rip. He and my aunt are also my God parents. He had a very quick dry sense of humour which would get on my aunt's nerves. :) One of the most memorable memory's I have is when was about 10 years old. My uncle was leasing the neighbours property to graze cows. As a child, I thought "Let me go and pet the cows" or something to that nature. I approached the herd, and one cow (The bull) looked at me and charged! I ran as fast as I could across the field, jumping over the fence then seeing the bull standing there snorting.
He does appear to be fun loving. The movie "South Pacific," came to mind when I saw this.
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