Chris Murphy

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Chris Murphy @ChrisMurphyCT

6/ After Berlin fell, Pop couldn’t come home. There were bridges to be built in the Pacific. In August 1945 he was on a ship bound for the Pacific theater when the bombs were dropped on Japan. He was diverted to the Philippines and built bridges there for a few months. https://t.co/xyMY0gNfNv — PolitiTweet.org

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5/ Pop wasn’t infantry, but he was always in harm’s way. His job required him to be constantly on the front lines (since bridges came before the troop advances). And the speed of construction meant safety wasn’t always first. Here he is after being hit in the head by a crane. https://t.co/NGLNvzpFZq — PolitiTweet.org

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7/ He got back to Connecticut in a snow storm, Christmas 1945. The cabbie who picked him up at Union Station in Hartford, and drove to Wethersfield through the storm, wouldn’t accept payment from a returning young vet. 16 months later, his first child, my father, was born. https://t.co/qy7Izc8dSS — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Nov. 11, 2021