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re: Had a chance to go through some of my Grandpa's WWII stuff
Posted on 7/28/21 at 5:38 pm to WWII Collector
Posted on 7/28/21 at 5:38 pm to WWII Collector
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USS Phaon
(Laid down as LST-15 on 17 September 1942, by the Dravo Corporation in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; reclassified as a battle damage repair ship 25 January 1943; launched 30 January 1943)
Interesting it was built in Pittsburg.
Wonder how many know submarines were built in Wisconsin...
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Posted on 7/28/21 at 6:19 pm to Loup
Appreciate your grandfather's service and sacrifices. Thanks for sharing part of his history with the board. 
Posted on 7/28/21 at 6:53 pm to Loup
Posted on 7/28/21 at 7:17 pm to WestCoastAg
Posted on 7/28/21 at 7:43 pm to Loup
Really awesome. My grandpa was in the 101st. I heard all about how they'd line up across the sidewalk and force the "jigs" to step onto the road when they were training in the south. He went through training including a jump but on the landing he was hurt which led to a medical review and they discovered a hernia surgery that was screwed up in his young and disqualified him. He never verbalized it but I know he died with guilt. His unit parachuted into Bastogne and almost all of them were KIA. His best friend made it home and they shared a wedding.
After the discharge he went back home and dated my gm. Through him I have that WWII connection (I was even told in great detail about being at the theater and the movie getting interrupted with the news from PH.) Through her I have my great (x3) grandfather's service in the Union near the end of the war.
After the discharge he went back home and dated my gm. Through him I have that WWII connection (I was even told in great detail about being at the theater and the movie getting interrupted with the news from PH.) Through her I have my great (x3) grandfather's service in the Union near the end of the war.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 7:54 pm to Loup
Great thread.
There's so much to say, but it always seems inadequate.
Glad those guys were on our side.
There's so much to say, but it always seems inadequate.
Glad those guys were on our side.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:01 pm to Loup
Enjoy your upvote
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:07 pm to Loup
These are awesome!
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:10 pm to Loup
I too have a vast collection of WW2 items. My dad was a medic … Attu Island … one of the bloodiest battles of the Pacific. Purple Heart recipient. Pictures of battle ….
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:20 pm to Loup
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Army, we always assumed 101st because of his patches in pictures but we found discharge papers from the 82nd.
The Army often swapped personnel between both as needed during the war. My grandfather was a paratrooper who started in the 101st, then was transferred to the 82nd, then transferred BACK to the 101st. It was probably a matter of getting experienced troops into new pools of men being readied for combat.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:41 pm to Coater
Yep 
They were from south louisiana. Think the town was called morgan city?
My mom grew up there until she was like 6
They were from south louisiana. Think the town was called morgan city?
My mom grew up there until she was like 6
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:43 pm to Loup
That is very cool. Love pictures of my Dad and Uncles in uniform from WWII. Truly the Great Generation.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:45 pm to WestCoastAg
quote:Thats true Cajun territory. If he was from that way born in 1913 he likely spoke French
They were from south louisiana. Think the town was called morgan city?
Why did they call him “Tex”
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:46 pm to Loup
Picture of the mountains looks like Hitler's mansion near Munich, the Eagles Nest.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 8:46 pm to lsupride87
No clue
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:01 pm to WestCoastAg
Those jump photos are amazing. So are the Burgoff. Very sought after period photos.
Start takings photos of these items. Make jpegs and comments in the properties. Keep it on your computer.
Write down as much information that you have and store it with these items in a written form... It is a shame that our people didn't write names and dates on the back of photos.
One photo is interesting. The three guys out for a beer.. His chevrons are Air force. When did the US Air force officially break from the US Army Air Corp and issue new Stripes?
Start takings photos of these items. Make jpegs and comments in the properties. Keep it on your computer.
Write down as much information that you have and store it with these items in a written form... It is a shame that our people didn't write names and dates on the back of photos.
One photo is interesting. The three guys out for a beer.. His chevrons are Air force. When did the US Air force officially break from the US Army Air Corp and issue new Stripes?
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 10:10 pm
Posted on 7/28/21 at 10:59 pm to WWII Collector
Had an uncle who fought his way through the Island Hopping Campaigns & till his dying days, at 81, he hated the Japanese with a burning fury. He brought back
several official Army photo albums covering Guadacanal mostly, totally uncensored. Pages and pages of blown to pieces Japs, piles of burned to a crisp by flame throwers dead Japanese, G.I.'s with body parts blown off, decapitated......my cousin found them & we were looking at them when my uncle walked in on us. My cousin never saw them again.
several official Army photo albums covering Guadacanal mostly, totally uncensored. Pages and pages of blown to pieces Japs, piles of burned to a crisp by flame throwers dead Japanese, G.I.'s with body parts blown off, decapitated......my cousin found them & we were looking at them when my uncle walked in on us. My cousin never saw them again.
Posted on 7/28/21 at 11:15 pm to WWII Collector
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One photo is interesting. The three guys out for a beer.. His chevrons are Air force. When did the US Air force officially break from the US Army Air Corp and issue new Stripes?
U.S. Air Force became a separate service in 1947.
Those chevrons in the photo appear to be Army - Corporal on the right and guy in the middle possibly a Tech 5
This post was edited on 7/28/21 at 11:18 pm
Posted on 7/29/21 at 12:31 am to Obtuse1
quote:82nd (the first Airborne Division formed) was an Army Reserve division, as was the 101st. General Marshall would only test the divisional concept with the lineage of Army Reserve divisions. Each of the Parachute Infantry Regiments was designated using the 500 series (501st ad naseum). One original regiment from the division was retained and designated as Glider Infantry (the 325th for the 82nd and the 327th for the 101st).
I think the 101st and 13th were formed using units from the 82nd.
Once the concept was proven to be successful additional Regular Army Airborne Divisions were formed.
11th Airborne Division
13th Airborne Division
17th Airborne Division
Regular Army division designations 1 to 25
Army National Guard division designations 26 to 50
Army Reserve division designations 51 and above
Posted on 7/29/21 at 12:37 am to PacoPicopiedra
30th Infantry Division patch on the corporal on the right. North Carolina Army National Guard.
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