re: Relatives that served in World War 2

My great uncle A. B. Smith was the tail gunner on a B-24 in Europe. You may have heard of it… Mike, the Spirit of LSU.

Pilot, my uncle, and I believe the radio man were LSU students when they enlisted. They were hit bad returning from a bombing run over Germany. They chose to bail over Belgium instead of the channel.

They bailed and my uncle got picked up by Belgian resistance. He wrote a short book about it. He passed a few years ago. Hell of a man.

Fun fact, LSU gave him his degree in forestry and he didn’t have to go to class. Basically came back and they said thanks for your service, have a degree on us (or so he said).