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On this week's episode, we talk toilets, fitness,

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scooter gangs, and introducing our Patriot of

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the Week. Welcome back to another episode of

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Two Veterans One Pod. I'm Mater. And I'm Dave.

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Let's dive into it. Well, I finally get to say

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it. Finally, finally get to say it. Welcome to

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the show, Dave. It's been a long time coming.

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We've been talking about doing this for almost

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a year now. A year, year and a half. Ever since

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we started working together, we said we should

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start a podcast. Great idea. But you got busy.

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I got busy. Your social calendar is. ridiculous

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my social calendar there's no more room on there

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and that's a lie we have no social calendar what

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about you a lot of free weekends a lot of free

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weeks a lot of weekends at home well we're here

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now we've had a lot of time to brainstorm put

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this together so i'm hoping we're good at this

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but we'll see we'll give it a go before we pick

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it off i want to ask you Mater, is that a nickname

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or a call sign? I'm sure people have given me

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nicknames over the years, but nothing really

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stuck. Right now, my wife calls me her little

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bee stinger. I think because I'm smart or sharp.

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Bee stinger. That would have to be smart. That's

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the only thing I can think of. We'll go with

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that one. That works. So Mater. Mater was a call

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sign that was given to me when I was on the Stennis

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as a shooter. Pilots, of course, have call signs.

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I was not a pilot. They said they had to give

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me a name and I spoke and they immediately said

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toemator and it has stuck ever since It works

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Okay, Dave, let's get into our military topic

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of the week today we're talking Gerald R Ford.

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Have you heard what's going on there? No, no

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recent news. Well we said we were going to talk

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about toilets and they have problems with the

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toilets or more specifically their vcht system

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vacuum collection holding transfer system for

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the sewage what is that have you ever went to

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the bathroom on an airplane i have same or very

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similar okay so you do your business hit the

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button vacuum away wow so this system is on this

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ship however They didn't put big enough pipes

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on there So all they're doing is just clogging

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it every time and the calcium buildup is making

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that more difficult So you were on an aircraft

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carrier. They're closing these things down, right?

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How big of a pain in the butt is that? To be

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in a work space and have to go that far for a

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head Yes, and you know you may have to go up

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four ladders down three ladders You know a hundred

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frames that way a hundred frames after whatever

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the case is but there is a way to combat this

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they have a way to Get rid of the calcium and

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it's through a special acid flush So apparently

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they do this acid flush on these pipes clears

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all the calcium out and problem goes bye -bye

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however This process for one application cost

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four hundred thousand dollars Wow, I guess I'm

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guessing the people that invented the VCHD system.

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They're the ones that offer the Expensive acid

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of course would they have it any other way? No

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So just to put it in context the Ford since 2023

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has had this procedure done ten times four million

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dollars to keep the turds flowing That's insane

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Yeah, and I heard they adopted a new motto it's

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yellow let it mellow if it's brown flush it down

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I heard that before Apparently that's working

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out for him out there, but let's not be too negative

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on they're out there doing the good work doing

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the good fight Out there protecting the nation

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so they're battling through the toilet issues,

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which I know is a hindrance, but they're still

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getting it done right Yeah, you know you take

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a tough job and throw something throw a wrench

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into it right hey yeah you gotta be out there

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doing this all day but however come walk a mile

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to go get your uh get relieved well at least

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they're not doing a uh christmas cruise right

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now or okay dave let's jump into our fitness

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goal shall we fitness pizza in my mouth all right

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so 2025 new year's resolution for dave and i

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was as big as far as fitness goes right yeah

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pretty big We both agreed that our 2025 fitness

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goal would be fairly easy to most people, but

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not for us. Our goal was to be able to tie our

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shoes and breathe at the same time. It was a

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struggle. I tried different places of sitting.

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I, you know, moved myself around and never could

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seem to accomplish that goal. No, I'd have to...

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Put my foot up on a bar stool and I wouldn't

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Have such pain in my stomach because the belt

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before I went to work in the morning The belt

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I forgot the belt buckle Well, okay, so we didn't

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do so well in 2025 and my 2026 it's not getting

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off very well But I hear a little birdie tells

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me Dave you got some fitness going on man I just

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decided to change it up a little bit I was tired

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of being uh being overweight honestly before

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I uh when I only retired a couple years ago and

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I put on 50 pounds since then and I just decided

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it's uh it's time time to lose some of it well

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you look fantastic so whatever you're doing it's

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working so I hear you're you know walking to

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work uh about three and a half miles a day somewhere

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around there yeah it's about between a mile and

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a half and two miles uh each way so sometimes

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it's a pain in the ass but uh it's been it's

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been doing the trick that along with just drinking

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a lot more water and watching what i eat that's

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great man i'm proud of you uh my 2026 fitness

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routine uh consists of counting to four before

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i stand up so i don't pass out and that's not

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due to me being fat now i got i'm big boned i'll

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admit it However, you know, it's the cancer right

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but I still should be getting out more like you're

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doing trying to make myself happier, you know,

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because every time I walk up the stairs sometimes

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I feel like I'm gonna hyperventilate and Well,

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all I gotta say is you gotta love cancer man.

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I don't love it but Speaking of so you're doing

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your fitness thing, right? Well, I've been at

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home a lot of time on my hands and I've been

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doing some investigating Dave Investigating.

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Yeah Guess what do you been investigating? Well,

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apparently There are some scooter gangs rolling

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around Newport News Scooter gangs like gang gangs

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like gang gang gang gang and there is a gentleman

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who kind of started this all and To keep his

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identity a secret. I'll call him Gil Got him.

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Okay, so Gil starts this club People start They

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start flocking to them. They're like this guy's

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on to something is like a high school scooter

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gang or what? No, these are grown men grow. Okay,

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and They go to great lengths to keep their identities

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a secret. Yeah, I've never heard of them. They

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wear helmets Glasses sometimes they'll have something

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over their face to try to obscure their identity.

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Okay If you care to know what the name of this

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club is Dave No clue. I wouldn't even know what

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to guess. They go by Sons of Arthritis. That's

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right, Sons of Arthritis. Formerly known as the

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Asphalt Turtle, but apparently someone infiltrated

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the Asphalt Turtles, so they changed their identity

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that I had to dig and research to get the name

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to Sons of Arthritis. You know what they do,

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Dave? What do they do? So these guys they meet

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up every morning. They all work together Okay,

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they pull into their parking spot. They pull

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their hogs out of the back of their vehicles

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They load up in what is called a formation They

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call it a staggered riding formation. Have you

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heard of this? No, so apparently they file up

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in order of rank So president in the front, Gil,

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we'll call him Gil and Fabuloso is in third.

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Fabuloso in third. So, and Farin, he's the master

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at arms for this whole organization. He's the

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bruiser. So, they've got quite a unique thing

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going on there. I mean, they sound dangerous.

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I honestly wouldn't know what to think if they

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came scootering by me when I was walking. Well,

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my recommendation would be to give them a wide

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berth, because you don't know what they're going

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to do. Let's, uh, all you folks out there in

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Newport News, let's be safe and look out for

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these scooter games. All right, everybody, it's

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time for our Patriot of the Week. This week,

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we're talking about the No -Roo Oye. You know

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who that is, Dave? No. Well, he goes by Mino,

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and I appreciate that because I probably just

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destroyed his name, and I'm sorry Mino. So Dave,

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you're probably wondering, why are we talking

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about Mino? Very interesting to learn about him.

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Well, for starters, he just celebrated his 100th

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birthday. 100th? Yeah. This guy is an animal.

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100 years on this earth. So, that's it. Thanks

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Mino. Patriot of the week. That's all Alright,

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I'm kidding. So we're gonna get in dig dig deep

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here on Meno to see why Meno is our Patriot of

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the week You're gonna find out that that a hundred

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-year mark is way more impressive once we get

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into the details So Meno was born Sacramento,

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California 1926 so growing up in a great area

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up in Sacramento in the 20s that had to be pretty

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cool crazy different world I know Can you imagine

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the cars that they had? So anyway, Mino's dad,

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he was a fisherman. But on one of his trips,

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he had a horrendous accident. He perished. So

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he loses his dad at a young age. And he did live

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with his mom and dad. However, his mom decides

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to send them to Japan, him and his brother. And

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at the age of 13, Mino is forced to join the

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Imperial Army. Oh, not where I thought this was

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going. Correct. So we're talking the very beginning

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of World War II where Japan is battling Russia.

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And Mino's in the Imperial Army. He fights. And

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then ultimately in 1945, Japan surrenders. Okay,

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you think they lost the war, right? It's over.

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Mino can go home. That's not the case. The Russians

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captured Mino. He's now a prisoner of war with

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the Russians. No, Mino, no. That's right. Mino

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captured. That's not the worst part. They send

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him to Siberia. We're talking minus 70 degrees.

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It's one of the coldest places on earth. It's

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got to be miserable. Minnesota? Minnesota. Same

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time. Well, Mino's forced to work in coal mines

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under putrid conditions and the cold. We know

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that it was not a luxury stay at the Shangri

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-La, right? Definitely not. Well, Mino, being

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Mino, survives being a prisoner of war in Siberia.

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We could stop there, right? Mino's a hero. he's

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a hero well that's not it mino in 1951 returns

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to the united states he's reunited with his mother

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and in true mino fashion he joins the united

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states army okay okay okay so he served for the

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imperial army now he's serving for the u .s army

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which that's got to be one of the rarest things

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ever said i just lived through a siberian prison

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camp I mean I could join the United States Army

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what what's the worst that can happen right right

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like I made it through that right somebody's

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looking out for me I mean luck's on my side now

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so joins the US Army he goes and gets into the

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Korean War he's on the front lines so he's like

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I haven't had enough he's like Korean prison

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camp can't be that bad right I mean I survived

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Russian Let's give this a go, see how it works

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out. He didn't go to a Korean prison camp, did

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he? No, no. Can you imagine? It's time to...

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Yeah, that would be time to hang it up, right?

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So Minho finishes his tour in Korea. He survives,

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and obviously he just celebrated his 100th birthday.

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So he's amazing. But that's not the only turmoil

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that was still going on in his life, Dave. Do

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you care to guess? I'm afraid to guess. so Meno's

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brother joined him in Japan and At this point

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Meno hadn't seen him for 60 years in 2012 it

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had been 60 years Wow, he hasn't seen his brother,

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okay Well, here's the amazing part of this story

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the residents of Yolo County, California All

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pitched in to send Meno to Japan to reunite with

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his brother I don't know how you can do a kinder

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act than that 60 years. Yeah, but we would like

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to thank me, you know for his service twice Congratulate

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him on his 100th birthday and for probably being

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the most badass person I've ever read about their

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badass Siberian prison camp. Yeah, that's off

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to you. You know, thanks for being our Patriot

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of the week All right, you heard the ship's horn

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That means it's time for The sea story of the

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week, but this week we're gonna do it a little

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differently Dave I'm gonna let the people know

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Dave know what Dave's about know where he's been

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know what he's seen So let's tell the folks out

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there a little bit about yourself the career

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what you've done what you've seen. All right

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so Enlisted in the Navy in September of 2000

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2000 For some, it doesn't seem that long ago,

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and for some, it's a very long time ago. So I

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stayed up in Great Lakes for about a year, a

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year and a half. I joined as an electronics technician.

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So you were in Great Lakes for an entire year.

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It was a long time. Yeah. However, being from

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Minnesota, it wasn't that bad because I think

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Great Lakes to Minneapolis, probably about a

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six hour drive. It's through Wisconsin and. I

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don't have much love for wisconsin as right as

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i'm a vikings fan here big beer drinkers beer

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drinkers and they marry their sisters. Yeah Okay,

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so great lakes where'd you go after that after

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that I uh ended up uh My first duty station uss.

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Chancellorsville is a cruiser in yakuza japan

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Japan off to get off to get I want to I figure

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I joined I might as well get out there and see

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some stuff exactly nobody joins the navy to Sit

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around you were promised adventure, right? What

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was the same back then when we when we joined

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when I joined it was let the journey begin I

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think it was the same And before that it was

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accelerate your life So anyway young kid in Japan.

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How's that turn out? Yeah, the command was great,

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but imagine going to your first duty station

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and a different country It's tough. I ended up

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Checking in about a week after September 11.

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So a week after a week. So how hard was it to

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get over it? Getting over there wasn't that rough

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or at least it's not was it memorable in my brain,

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but just imagine being new you have a sea bag

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full of everything that you're gonna bring to

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a different country and that you're gonna live

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off of going in the main gate I had to completely

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empty my sea bag to get inspection just because

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the And those old sea bags, they're not like

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a size that you got to start at the top, right?

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And rip everything up. I was paying the buck.

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So empty it, get everything packed back in. They

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end up bringing me to TPU Barrett's that for

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those of you that don't don't know, that's a

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place that you can go for a temporary for maybe

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a couple of months if your ship's out to sea.

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So I checked into TPU. Unpacked everything into

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my TPU room just to get a knock on my door It's

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about midnight get a knock on my door saying

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hey, we screwed up your your ships actually just

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down the road So pack everything up. Let's get

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to the ship And they're like, all right put it

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back together you're going to the ship, right?

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And don't tell us about your feelings because

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you didn't get any I was so exhausted at that

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point. That's about all I remember After Japan

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I was Not in love with the Navy for deployed

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military for deployed Navy You are out a lot

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and though I saw a lot of different countries.

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I just wasn't down So I was like, you know what?

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I'm doing my shore duty. I'm owed my shore duty

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I'm gonna go recruiting in Minnesota because

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that's where I'm from, Minnesota Yeah, but on

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shore duty especially recruiting you forget about

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all the bad memories or the bad experiences you

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had on sea duty so did uh recruiting in minnesota

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and then ended up staying in i after that i went

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to hawaii for seven years did uh two destroyers

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in hawaii seven years that's amazing yeah i wanted

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to stay out there and uh i'm sure there's people

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that wanted to stay here in virginia but of course

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i got orders to virginia they got orders to hawaii

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That's where I ended up on the Truman. That's

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what that was my carrier Yeah, my carrier time

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on the Truman did a couple deployments on there

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and but you weren't shipped company I was not

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that was Admiral staff. So a little bit booze

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your life Same food same chief's mess food. Okay,

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but sometimes you Get the evening emeralds import,

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right? Oh, I crushed the flag flag mass. Yeah,

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he's got his own chef that guys in there doing

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it up So truman, is that it? Is that the last

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tour now after that? I retired off atg I uh worked,

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uh, so you went to the there so inspections and

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training, right? So your training group so you're

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basically Inspecting all the ships. Yep inspecting

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and uh training all the junior sailors. It was

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awesome. So sounds like like a pretty good time

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It was a full 24 years so retired senior chief

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right right at that star Thank you for your service

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and thank you for the story and we appreciate

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it Thanks for joining us for this week's episode.

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