Bob Parsons

Nobody even wanted it for free. Nice. So anyhow, that was my first business. Utter failure.

Anything they could? Anything. Horses, sports, numbers. I bet that mom would go to bingo all the time, but that was a more social thing than a pure gamble. But, you know, that's what they would do.

Anything they could? Anything. Horses, sports, numbers. I bet that mom would go to bingo all the time, but that was a more social thing than a pure gamble. But, you know, that's what they would do.

Anything they could? Anything. Horses, sports, numbers. I bet that mom would go to bingo all the time, but that was a more social thing than a pure gamble. But, you know, that's what they would do.

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Yeah, he was in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, the Fijis.

Yeah, he was in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, the Fijis.

Yeah, he was in Guadalcanal, Bougainville, the Fijis.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we did. And he was – had all these pictures and – And he told me, he says, yeah, it was a rough, miserable place. Had a picture of his ship that he took from the beach. And the Japanese suicide sub, two-man sub, screwed into the side and blew it up. Oh, wow. And I said, how were you there? You knew they were going to take a picture? He says, yeah, we knew it was there.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we did. And he was – had all these pictures and – And he told me, he says, yeah, it was a rough, miserable place. Had a picture of his ship that he took from the beach. And the Japanese suicide sub, two-man sub, screwed into the side and blew it up. Oh, wow. And I said, how were you there? You knew they were going to take a picture? He says, yeah, we knew it was there.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we did. And he was – had all these pictures and – And he told me, he says, yeah, it was a rough, miserable place. Had a picture of his ship that he took from the beach. And the Japanese suicide sub, two-man sub, screwed into the side and blew it up. Oh, wow. And I said, how were you there? You knew they were going to take a picture? He says, yeah, we knew it was there.

They couldn't do anything to the sub because the moment they touched it, they would blow it, right? So they just all got off the ship. And it wasn't that they waited for him to get off the ship, they just were able to. And so he had that. Part of what he did was drive a bulldozer, I believe. And he said, they sounded like the Japanese Euro, sounded like washing machines.

They couldn't do anything to the sub because the moment they touched it, they would blow it, right? So they just all got off the ship. And it wasn't that they waited for him to get off the ship, they just were able to. And so he had that. Part of what he did was drive a bulldozer, I believe. And he said, they sounded like the Japanese Euro, sounded like washing machines.

They couldn't do anything to the sub because the moment they touched it, they would blow it, right? So they just all got off the ship. And it wasn't that they waited for him to get off the ship, they just were able to. And so he had that. Part of what he did was drive a bulldozer, I believe. And he said, they sounded like the Japanese Euro, sounded like washing machines.

He said the Marines had it the toughest. He said, but he helped build the airfield and stuff like that.

He said the Marines had it the toughest. He said, but he helped build the airfield and stuff like that.

He said the Marines had it the toughest. He said, but he helped build the airfield and stuff like that.

Well, I was a terrible student, terrible student. And I failed the fifth grade, and nobody can ever take that away from me. But when I failed the fifth grade, Sister Brenda, I was in parochial school. Sister Brenda was a nun, and she didn't talk much, but she sure hated me because she kept me almost every day after school.