Correction appended March 11, 2010
To the young Tom Hanks, history was as dull as an algebra equation. For Hanks a classic baby boomer, born in 1956 World War II was just a string of long-ago muzzle flashes in black-and-white. Yet he did have a more direct connection to the global cataclysm. His father had been a U.S. Naval mechanic (second class) in World War II. But Amos Hanks wasn't the type to tell his son tales of bravery and sacrifice. "Growing up, I always knew Dad was somewhere in the Pacific...
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