User blog comment:Tankswinger/70th anniversary of the end of WWII...in Europe/@comment-12271231-20150509002752

I think I've shared my grandfather's story here before, but I'll do it again.

My grandfather was drafted for WWII by the navy, set to serve on the USS Ajax repair ship. Joining late in the war, he gladly saw none of the horrors, save for one. After V-J day, his ship was sent to either Hiroshima or Nagasaki, I forget which. This was not long after the A-bomb was dropped. My grandfather loved Japan, the culture, the sights. Sadly, he died of liver cancer in his late/mid 50s. We still have no idea if it was by the exposure to the radiation in Japan, and don't plan on starting a legal battle with the state to sort it out. My grandfather sounds like he was very much like me, more coolheaded, but like me. He apparently loved WWF, and my entire family watches WWE to this day, we actually got Summer Slam tickets. Anyway, that's my grandpa's story, Mace has a more interesting one that I've heard, but meh.