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When he enlisted, he left a good job managing a hotel in McCloud, California. Serving aboard the USS Dorothea L. Dix, he saw the world: New York, Liverpool, Glasgow, Naples, Casablanca, Rabat. For his part in the invasion of Sicily he received .... My dad turned 34 on the day the battle ended. Most of the troops were very young. According to the book, a Marine who was 25 years old was called “Pop”. I don't know what terms they would have reserved for someone my dad's age . ...