re: WWII Items... (Parts one and two.)

Thanks for posting! I always enjoy your threads.

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One day I will go into detail about rationing and stamps.

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please do. This stuff is fascinating.

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I have this Higgins Boats lapel pin. It’s sterling sliver and in pretty good shape other than the pin being broken off and missing the base. I intend to bring it by the D-Day Museum (or whatever it’s called now) on my next visit to N.O. but the years keep rolling along. They might be interested or they might show me a drawer with 100’s of others

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Please call them. If they have 100's. Please feel free to contact me on it. I will give it a good home in a glass case... That is a great piece of home front history.

Hi WWII Collector,

I have a great grandfather who served in WW2 & was just recently handed down his 1911 he carried throughout the European theatre.

I have done some preliminary research on him online with no prevail, do you have any websites that you would recommend for this? I'm not looking for anything in particular, just information.

"Shing"
Try Shingbwiyang Air Field
Latitude
26.6937° or 26° 41' 38" north
Longitude
96.2134° or 96° 12' 48" east
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"Shing"
Try Shingbwiyang Air Field
Latitude
26.6937° or 26° 41' 38" north
Longitude
96.2134° or 96° 12' 48" east
LINK
LINK

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Thank you sir... That did it. Along with the final page of his flight log he was with 443 Troop Carrier Group, 2nd Troop Carrier Squadron. I now have a place to begin. Thank You.

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Reading the "In case of accident" got me on google maps. Here is the pilot's home (potentially). That's really cool!
I wonder how much it has changed since his family lived there

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I do the same thing. Especially with letters or any other addressed items. Usually in Oklahoma or other middle states you get to see the house... But those boys from New York or New Jersey, when you type in the address in google you usually get a walgreens with a bum sleeping on a park bench.

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I know it's not a sexy fighter or bomber and that's probably why it isn't as popular among aircraft from that era, but I always liked the way that thing looked. Eisenhower said that it's abilities to move troops and equipment was a vital part of the strategy and was an absolute workhorse for our boys.

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I totally agree.. The C-47 is sexy no matter how you look at it.. and a favorite... In one of my letters home from a GI, he talks about how he wants to fly the transport planes... I will see if I can did it up.

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I have a great grandfather who served in WW2 & was just recently handed down his 1911 he carried throughout the European theatre.

I have done some preliminary research on him online with no prevail, do you have any websites that you would recommend for this? I'm not looking for anything in particular, just information.

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That is a great question.. and almost above my pay scale... But I can tell you what I do... I ususally find a starting point.. and that is usually a unit or ship that a person was in.. and then google will lead me to unit/ship histories.

Beleive it or not. But Find a grave.com is a great place to start.. https://www.findagrave.com/ and wikipedia.

I am about to join ancestory .com.. I can't believe that I already have.. and now that fold3... I looked at it and it is perfect...

Can I help you search? Do you have a name? Do you want to email me? I will be glad to help you search and find something...


Something sort of close to this.. and I fand interesting... There is a grave back home in the cemetery that I have seen ever since I was a little kid....



The Bay of Bengal is in this theatre of operations and about the same time frame... But after all these years of seeing this gravestone, there is all of a sudden a photo of the young man on find a grave.



I spoke with a family member of his and was told that there was an Uncle who said this: "I took him to the train station and that was the last time that I ever saw him again."

Thank you everone that has been repliing to this thread...

Cept for Chicken, he never replies to these things... boooo chicken.

A WW2 vet used to post here well into his 90s but died a few years back. His handle was EdwardTeach. I found out his IRL name once but forgot. Wish he were here to see this.

Man, this is fascinating! I particularly liked hearing about the “son in service” flag. Thanks for posting/

Where on earth did you get that bomb?

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I have one of the Bibles you posted a pic of. My grandfather was a pilot over Normandy on DDay but the Bible that I have was his brothers, my great uncle whom I never met.

Cool to see another one.

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Fantastic... Do you know what kind of Plane your Grandfather flew? That will let us know a little more... please share more if you can.

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A WW2 vet used to post here well into his 90s but died a few years back. His handle was EdwardTeach. I found out his IRL name once but forgot. Wish he were here to see this.

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I do too... He could tell us stuff and we could learn... It would be so interesting to see what he would have to say.

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I know it's not a sexy fighter or bomber and that's probably why it isn't as popular among aircraft from that era, but I always liked the way that thing looked

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As I promised, I knew that I had a letter from a soldier that mentioned that he wanted to fly the c47's.. It is though to read his small stylish handwriting but it is there.