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I have gone back to California and visited with him, but as far as any close relationships, I didn't have any. Did your military experience change your opinion about war or the military in general? Yes. I grew much stronger. Every now and then we would take a detachment and fly down to San Diego. You'd go on an aircraft carrier and take care of the planes, and the pilots would practice carrier landings. At times we would go to Air Central, California-that's between Yuma and San Diego-and the pilots would go down there for bombing practice, and we'd go down there to take care of the planes. And there were times when we'd go gunnery practice, and they'd fly us over to take care of the planes there. I wanted to get married eventually, and that wasn't anyplace, as far as I was concerned, to be and be married because the sailors would be shipping out every now and then for sea duty, and I didn't want to be around that. What do you think about the Afghanistan situation now? I think we should be there. I think Osama Bin Laden has been pinpointed, and eventually we'll get him. The Korean War is often called the "Forgotten War." Why is that? Because it was more of a political thing, as far as I'm concerned. In Japan-it was a group of 20, that's six pilots, that went over to Japan and were stationed there. Our group of fighter airplanes were equipped to carry the A-bomb. They never equipped it with the A-bomb, but they had a dummy that they practiced carrying underneath those airplanes. It was only about a fifty or sixty minute hop for those jets to go to Korea, so if they decided to used the A-bomb, they were there to supply that. Do you have anything else that you would like to add? I've got some good memories and then I've got some bad ones. I wouldn't want to do it again, but I'm thankful for the chance.
Interview with Joe Dreyer, Jr., a member of the United States Navy during the Korean War, originally from Baytown, Texas. He answers questions and elaborates on his experiences in boot camp, where he was stationed, what his jobs were, etc.; also covered are his thoughts on the war going on in Afghanistan.
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