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I didn't know this man, but don't you know he saw some stuff.
Posted on 2/19/19 at 9:19 am
Posted on 2/19/19 at 9:19 am
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Chief was part of the Greatest Generation and was very proud of his military service. He served in the Louisiana National Guard, was a combat medic on D-Day in Normandy, and served tours in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Bastogne, Germany, and Austria.
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Posted on 2/19/19 at 9:22 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
Posted on 2/19/19 at 10:29 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Chief was part of the Greatest Generation and was very proud of his military service. He served in the Louisiana National Guard, was a combat medic on D-Day in Normandy, and served tours in Belgium, France, Luxembourg, Bastogne, Germany, and Austria.
TYFYS
Posted on 2/19/19 at 11:28 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
What a coincidence you posted this. I'm going to my great uncle's funeral tomorrow that was the exact same age and was also a medic in Europe during WW2.
I don't know a whole lot about his travels, but I know he was there for D-Day and spent time in France and Belgium. I've also been told by my other uncles that he said French women would do ANYTHING for American soldiers after the liberation.
He lived a long and healthy life he was driving and living alone up till about 3 weeks ago and loved hunting, even killed his last deer this year at age 98.
Otis Guy 1920-2019
I don't know a whole lot about his travels, but I know he was there for D-Day and spent time in France and Belgium. I've also been told by my other uncles that he said French women would do ANYTHING for American soldiers after the liberation.
He lived a long and healthy life he was driving and living alone up till about 3 weeks ago and loved hunting, even killed his last deer this year at age 98.
Otis Guy 1920-2019
Posted on 2/19/19 at 11:43 am to REB BEER
Sorry for your loss. They don't make them like that anymore.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 7:53 am to REB BEER
My dad was born in 1920 and is still living. He was in the Pacific during the war (New Guinea, Dutch East Indies, Philippines, Okinawa, and Japan). My uncle was in Europe - started in England as a AAA gunner, then was sent to France a few weeks after D-Day; he ended the war in Czechoslovakia gearing up for the invasion of Japan. He passed away at his home in 2015.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 8:24 am to REB BEER
The "Old Guard" are dying, and soon there will be no more WWII vets left.
My late father-in-law entered the Navy right after he made 16 in 1942 and he saw a lot of action in the Pacific against the Japs in the U.S. island hopping campaign.
He wound up being one of the guys that piloted the landing craft to the shores of many of the islands in the Pacific that were held by Jap troops. The stories he probably could have told, but like many of his era, he never did.
He died shortly before his 85th birthday in 2011 from liver cancer.
My late father-in-law entered the Navy right after he made 16 in 1942 and he saw a lot of action in the Pacific against the Japs in the U.S. island hopping campaign.
He wound up being one of the guys that piloted the landing craft to the shores of many of the islands in the Pacific that were held by Jap troops. The stories he probably could have told, but like many of his era, he never did.
He died shortly before his 85th birthday in 2011 from liver cancer.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 9:08 am to gumbo2176
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The stories he probably could have told, but like many of his era, he never did.
My dad was like that. He was very reticent about talking about his time in the service. All I know is that he was at Okinawa. (He brought back a Japanese rifle he found in a cave.) He was also in route to Pearl Harbor and would have been there when it was attacked except the refrigeration system on the ship broke down and they had to turn back for San Diego. He did lose a brother on the Arizona.
Sidenote: He also taught new recruits how to shoot with rifles. He said he could tell who that Yankees were because none of them could shoot worth a flip.
Posted on 2/20/19 at 9:14 am to East Coast Band
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