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re: Does anyone have a family member alive that served in WW2?
Posted on 4/2/18 at 4:53 pm to LeMarteau
Posted on 4/2/18 at 4:53 pm to LeMarteau
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My grandfathers were at Iwo and Leyte Gulf - they did not want to talk about it.
the Utah landing was really the only hardcore "combat" that he faced, he was some type of engineer. but for whatever reason the unit he was in had to land with the ground troops. not in the first wave but shortly thereafter.
According to what he's told my dad, they were still under fire when he got there but a much reduced capacity. I would imagine the mental trauma came mostly from the scene he saw
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Posted on 4/2/18 at 4:54 pm to CougarBait
Grandfather was in Army Intelligence. Stayed mostly in the Middle East and Africa. He is 91 now
Posted on 4/2/18 at 4:56 pm to CAD703X
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eta *ahem* korean conflict
It's ok to say "Korean War". My Dad was in Korea, and said it sure looked like a fricking war to him!
Posted on 4/2/18 at 4:59 pm to FightinTigersDammit
Father in law was on the USS Mississippi during WW2
Posted on 4/2/18 at 4:59 pm to Brazos
From a much different perspective, my grandfather fought for Germany in WW2. He passed away in 98, but I'll never forget some of the shite he told me when I was about 13 years old.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:01 pm to Brazos
Mine is 91 this year--nearly fatally wounded on a tank in Korea, stormed a lesser intense beach on D-Day.
A great grandfather was a B-17 navigator who bombed on D-Day and much elsewhere.
A great grandfather was a B-17 navigator who bombed on D-Day and much elsewhere.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:02 pm to Brazos
Mine was in the war but could type so spent most of his time in US occupied areas and then a while in Luxembourg (I think.) he kept some amazing scrapbooks he made after the way that are up in my parents attic, I haven’t looked at them in years.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:04 pm to Brazos
He’s dead now, has been for a long time, but my great grandfather fought... I don’t know, maybe he didn’t fight, because he also had enough time to establish enough of a relationship with some French skank that he brought her home and told my great grandmother and his infant child (my grandmother) to kick rocks.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:04 pm to Brazos
My grandfather served in WWI and WWII (as a Naval officer in WWII, didn't see combat).
He was born in 1888. My dad was born in 1952
ETA:
His 130th birthday was this past weekend actually. I obviously never met him as he was very old, but he died in his late 80's and still had jet black hair and jogged every morning. Died of a sudden stroke.
Real bad arse.
He was born in 1888. My dad was born in 1952
ETA:
His 130th birthday was this past weekend actually. I obviously never met him as he was very old, but he died in his late 80's and still had jet black hair and jogged every morning. Died of a sudden stroke.
Real bad arse.
This post was edited on 4/2/18 at 5:07 pm
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:05 pm to Brazos
Great uncle fought in Europe (deceased now). He never told his stories to his kids, but eventually decided to open up to 2nd & 3rd generations in the family. The worst stories came from the Battle of the Bulge where a few soldiers intentionally broke their legs to get off the front lines. General Patton was their savior. I can only imagine seeing that relief coming through.
was their savior. I can only imagine seeing that relief coming through.This post was edited on 4/2/18 at 5:09 pm
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:05 pm to Brazos
My Father died when he was 68. He didn't storm the beaches, he was in the weather forecasting group that decided when they could storm the beaches. As a reward, he then got sent to the Pacific Theater.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:06 pm to Brazos
My grandfather was on the Hornet when Doolittle and his boys took off. Was also on it when it went down.
Did a history project on him when I was younger so got a good amount of info from him.
Did a history project on him when I was younger so got a good amount of info from him.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:07 pm to Brazos
My wife’s grandfather was in the Philippines in World War II and he didn’t care much to talk about it either. Sometimes, if he was drinking he would start talking about it and then he would start crying and he wouldn’t want to talk about it anymore.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:08 pm to Brazos
I don't...but I have a friend whose dad is a WWII vet. He is in his 90's and is actually taking an Honor Air flight next week from Knoxville to DC. After the war, he got his degree and teaching certificate and became a teacher, then an elementary school principal.
His son (my classmate) went to West Point, and graduate school afterwards. He is a middle school teacher and football coach. His family believes that there are few things as honorable as serving your country and educating our youth.
His son (my classmate) went to West Point, and graduate school afterwards. He is a middle school teacher and football coach. His family believes that there are few things as honorable as serving your country and educating our youth.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:09 pm to Brazos
There’s so few left that is there a pretty accurate guess of how many?
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:11 pm to Larry Gooseman
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My grandfather passed in 2006. Flew B24 in Italy, got emotional when I asked questions.
My grandmother worked in the Ypsilanti, Michigan (Willow Run) plant that built B-24s during the war. I remember her saying they would roll off the line, fly over Lake Michigan, making a couple of turns...then fly off towards England.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:12 pm to papasmurf1269
My dad would have just turned 92, he turned 19 on the troopship crossing the Atlantic...
he worked his way through the replacement system to a unit in the Madgeburg area in May 1945 just before the shooting stopped...
His younger brother, who is still with us, five years later was on the Pusan Perimeter with the 7th Cavalry...
he worked his way through the replacement system to a unit in the Madgeburg area in May 1945 just before the shooting stopped...
His younger brother, who is still with us, five years later was on the Pusan Perimeter with the 7th Cavalry...
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:19 pm to madmaxvol
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I don't...but I have a friend whose dad is a WWII vet. He is in his 90's and is actually taking an Honor Air flight next week from Knoxville to DC. After the war, he got his degree and teaching certificate and became a teacher, then an elementary school principal.
My father did the honor air flight a few ears ago. That was a great thing. He donated for many years, money for the WWII Memorial which was built all by private donations and Bob Dole was head of the foundation.
My father died a couple years ago but he fought all over the South Pacific and the Phillipines and we listened to “frick them Japs “all or young lives.” I’m not buying a fricking Jap car, I’m only buying fricking Detroit iron son.” I’ve got his Colt 45 that he carried and somehow he bought a Thompson Submachine Gun like the one he carried. ‘That fricking Tommy gun wouldn’t jam on you and if you ran out of bullets it was so heavy you could beat the Japs over the head with it.”
I miss that racist old man.
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:21 pm to vl100butch
Grandfather passed just a couple of years ago but he was not able to serve due to a disability but was able to work as a machinist and repair planes they sent back to the states to be refurbished. Other grandfather would have been slightly too young.
This post was edited on 4/2/18 at 5:26 pm
Posted on 4/2/18 at 5:27 pm to Brazos
My grandfather died a few years ago but he fought in WWII and lived well into his late 90s. He saw hell in Europe and lived to tell about it (minus a few toes). He practically raised me and lived until I was 37.
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