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re: Does anyone have a family member alive that served in WW2?
Posted on 4/2/18 at 4:41 pm to WinnPtiger
Posted on 4/2/18 at 4:41 pm to WinnPtiger
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my grandfather landed on Utah beach. that's about as far as he'll go when talking about it
My grandfathers were at Iwo and Leyte Gulf - they did not want to talk about it.
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Posted on 4/2/18 at 4:44 pm to LeMarteau
Dead gfather silver star iwo jima. Other dead gfather was flight instructor in Kansas for all the bombers but never went overseas.
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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