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SMALL WORLD: A reunion in the service

A reader alerted the OBSERVER to a Facebook post by Ed Tofil describing a long-ago reunion between brothers Joe “Turpey” Tofil and Mike “Muzzy” Tofil. “The photo on the left was taken just before Christmas 1945,” Ed Tofil wrote. “Muzzy (Navy) knew that his liberty ship docked near his brother Joe’s (Army) location. He received permission to pay his brother a surprise visit and bring him on board for a tour. Uncle Turpey said to me more than once, ‘I couldn’t believe it, there I was sitting in my tent alone, halfway around the world, and in walks my brother. It was the best Christmas ever!” Ed Tofil concluded his Facebook post with, “Thank you to all who have served!”

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