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« on: September 15, 2005, 10:16:30 PM »
My Father, Rufus Benjamin Rodgers Jr, Sergeant, USMC 1943-1945, passed away at around 20:30 Hrs, Sept. 15. He was 81 years old. Dad joined the Marines right out of high school. He participated in the campaigns for Bougainville, Guam and Iwo Jima as a member of the 9th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Division.

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« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2005, 11:51:29 PM »
I'm sorry for your loss.  You had a lot of years with him.  It's never enough though, is it?
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« Reply #2 on: September 16, 2005, 01:18:42 AM »
May he rest in peace, and have one heck of a party with his departed comrades-in-arms!
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« Reply #3 on: September 16, 2005, 01:37:11 AM »
I'm sorry.
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« Reply #4 on: September 16, 2005, 02:20:31 AM »
My condolences.
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« Reply #5 on: September 16, 2005, 03:25:20 AM »
Rest in Peace.  Thank you for sharing him with us.
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« Reply #6 on: September 16, 2005, 03:55:41 AM »
May he rest in Peace.
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« Reply #7 on: September 16, 2005, 05:47:09 AM »
My condolences Fianna.  My Dad was a WW II Marine too, Iwo Jima, Pelleliu and Pavuvu, then China.  He died in 1988.
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« Reply #8 on: September 16, 2005, 10:36:27 AM »
God bless him, you, and the rest of the family Fianna.  My dad passed away April 15th of this year, two weeks after Mom died.  He was a WWII vet also, U.S. Army, 104th Infantry Division -The Timberwolves. They served in Europe and fought some mighty battles closing in on Berlin in 1945.
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« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2005, 03:20:13 PM »
My condolences, Fianna.

Semper Fi, Sergeant Rodgers.
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« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2005, 03:33:24 PM »
Very sorry to hear of your loss, your father was one of the many heroes who should always be remembered.
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« Reply #11 on: September 16, 2005, 05:21:12 PM »
My condolences.
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« Reply #12 on: September 16, 2005, 05:49:56 PM »
Very sorry to hear of the loss of your father. Next get-together, we'll have to raise a glass in his honor.
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« Reply #13 on: September 16, 2005, 06:44:50 PM »
Godspeed-my father recently passed, he served in the Pacific theatre also. Few today could bear thier burdens.
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« Reply #14 on: September 17, 2005, 03:40:09 PM »
My condolences, FF.  It is always a tragedy (for those of us who remain behind) when a good man dies.

My maternal granddad was a Marine on Iwo Jima.  He had his kneecap shot off.  About 20 years later, the damage eventually lead to gangrene in the leg & killed him.  

It is a wonderful thing you got to have so much time with your dad.  I thank you for his service.
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« Reply #15 on: September 17, 2005, 04:30:49 PM »
"Another WWII Veteran has passed on..."

More importantly another father has passed on.

I send my best.  You are both in my prayers.
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