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I just found out my father passed away. My Fathers Mother let my Dad join the Navy @ 17, he went to electronics school and served as a radar operator on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific during WW2. The GI BIll let my father go to college, he got a PHd in Math, taught at Tulane and Northwestern University before going to Stony Brook University on Long Island in 1961. My Dad loved Jazz and Blues, amassing a huge record collection that included 78 rpm records dating to the 1920's. When my Mother went into labor with me, one of Fathers friends went with him to the hospital, Chicago Blues Guitarist Bill Broonzy stayed with his friend, my dad, thru the 20 hours of labor my Mother went thru.

The next day at a gig Broonzy announced that his friend WIlliam had had a baby boy named Roger Fox. Broonzy died later that year.

My Father and I were not close. I do regret I never got to talk to my father about Polywell, with my dads background in vacuum tubes, he would have gotten a kick out of Polywell.

May my father William Fox rest in peace.

Roger wrote:I just found out my father passed away. My Fathers Mother let my Dad join the Navy @ 17, he went to electronics school and served as a radar operator on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific during WW2. The GI BIll let my father go to college, he got a PHd in Math, taught at Tulane and Northwestern University before going to Stony Brook University on Long Island in 1961. My Dad loved Jazz and Blues, amassing a huge record collection that included 78 rpm records dating to the 1920's. When my Mother went into labor with me, one of Fathers friends went with him to the hospital, Chicago Blues Guitarist Bill Broonzy stayed with his friend, my dad, thru the 20 hours of labor my Mother went thru.

The next day at a gig Broonzy announced that his friend WIlliam had had a baby boy named Roger Fox. Broonzy died later that year.

My Father and I were not close. I do regret I never got to talk to my father about Polywell, with my dads background in vacuum tubes, he would have gotten a kick out of Polywell.

May my father William Fox rest in peace.

My condolences. While I can't claim to know exactly how you feel, I have some idea. My Sister died last week, and my very dear Uncle just some months ago.

RIP Mr. Fox.

Accept also my condolences.
Even if I didn't know him is always a sad news when a talented person passes away.

Diogenes wrote:

RIP Mr. Fox.

Thank you, my dad was into Differential equations, Bifurcated something or others, shape of the Universe stuff.

My condolences as well. My father was also a WWII veteran. He started out in the Merchant Marine prior to the war, and switched to the Navy as things heated up. He was a Quartermaster in those days, ran landing craft for the Seabees, and then later was on a Destroyer, USS Stormes (DD 780).
My dad passed away while I was living in Italy, back in late 2002.
I do miss talking to him about his experiences from WWII through Vietnam (He finally retied in 1973).
One of my favorite stories was how how thought it was funny that today we look with reverance on "31 Knot Burke", as he always charged into battle with the Little Beavers. The irony to him, was that Burke had the slow older destroyers, and "31 Knot" was a poke at him, as all the new guys could do 35 to 36 knots. Funny how perception of things can change over time.

Again, my best wishes regarding your loss.

ladajo wrote: My father was also a WWII veteran.

Yes, the Greatest Generation, they did their job, and well. I was going to ask my dad more about WW2 radar, but I think its too late. Thanks. Thanks too to Giorgio.


These old WW2 Vets are just dropping like flies, lets not forget them.

My dad and I were not very close either. I regret not filling in the details of his WWII experiences as well. I've found some, but I know there was much more.

There is a second link from the link below, detailing his connection to the 111th FA, and how they made history the hard way on D-Day. Yeah, those guys gave a lot, and we're such wusses today we can't comprehend how much they gave.

http://www.tomligon.com/MajorTomLigon.html