Mark (Marcos) DaAton was a Philippines Scout in World War II , POW, Baatan Death March survivor, and my grandfather. He passed away a little over ten years ago, but it wasn’t until recently that I realized his role in WWII, and I still don’t know very much about it besides the above. However,...
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…medically speaking that is. Today I received a nice letter in the mail from the US Department of State Office of Medical Services. It included the following: Reason for Clearance: -> Pre-employment Medical Clearance Determination: -> Worldwide available Date Issued: -> 5/12/2009 2:20:35 PM My favorite part is that they time stamped it. I...
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Yesterday marked the 5th anniversary of the Annual May Birthday Picnic, and the weather was fantastic. Joel came out from San Diego (ostensibly for work, but we all know why he was really here) and got a moon bounce, Christine made her famous mici, and I brought fire (and a bunch of chicken). We...
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Recently, Mom and Dad V. went down to Alabama to visit Chrissy and Brandon before heading of to Florida to see Uncle Fred and Aunt Lynne. Mom V. sent us some pictures of the ever growing Streu Farm, and the following: Just that I’d clarify a little bit about the the menagerie (sp?) of...
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Yesterday morning I once again got up early enough to make it to the Lee Center by 5am. Since the polls open at 6am, we need the hour to set up the electronic voting machines and poll books, and make sure the room is situated the way we want it. We had a total...
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