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jmcstar t1_j3p3w9l wrote

Each face has an "Alcatraz escapee mugshot" feel, yes?

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backbonus t1_j3p3iem wrote

Go guins!

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FifthOfJameson OP t1_j3pf5mr wrote

Cornerstone Pizza, Handels Ice Cream… you know the drill.

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backbonus t1_j3qfxao wrote

Cornersburg Pizza. In Cornersburg. Not Boardman. ;-)

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FifthOfJameson OP t1_j3sn6zt wrote

Shit that’s it. My mom’s family is from Y Town, but I’ve just visited.

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backbonus t1_j3svlb7 wrote

All good fellow redditor! You named the two of the most iconic sites in Ytown.

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joejabara t1_j3pgwgx wrote

I love this sub! Pictures like these are so unique and personal, it's really cool people are willing to share.

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FifthOfJameson OP t1_j3pnrai wrote

A little extra info: he’s wearing a sleeve on that right leg that’s exposed. He caught his pant leg on fire playing with matches when he was a kid in the late 20’s / early 30’s, and ended up getting a skin graft they took from his mom’s thigh.

Just a few years prior to this photo, he was deployed to the Philippines with the US Navy in World War II, and that old wound got “jungle rot” and turned a shade of purple. By the time he was ready for combat again, he was put on a ship headed for the Japanese mainland.

Had the bombs not been dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, he would have been part of the planned invasion, what would have been the Pacific equivalent of the storming of Normandy.

Edit: Happy Cake Day!

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