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Here's a big salute to the greatest generation and their sacrifice, we owe them our never ending gratitude!
Here's a big salute to the greatest generation and their sacrifice, we owe them our never ending gratitude!
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As I recall something like 70,000 hit the shore that day. My uncle Bill was one of them and he made it through the landing. He was a Sgt in the infantry killed in action on July 11, 1944, at age 28, in an assault on a German machine gun nest.
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As I recall something like 70,000 hit the shore that day. My uncle Bill was one of them and he made it through the landing. He was a Sgt in the infantry killed in action on July 11, 1944, at age 28, in an assault on a German machine gun nest.
[/quote) A true hero, RIP. My uncle served with Audie Murphy (WWII's most decorated soldier)and was a technical sergeant. He was captured by the Nazi's and they pulled his toenails out with pliars but he would not give them any information. He escaped and as bad as that experience was he said it could not compare to what he saw while liberating one of the death camps. He came home and like so many did not talk about his experience except to my father, his closest brother, who served under Bull Halsey in the Pacific. My Dad told me when I got older. He was another true hero.
As I recall something like 70,000 hit the shore that day. My uncle Bill was one of them and he made it through the landing. He was a Sgt in the infantry killed in action on July 11, 1944, at age 28, in an assault on a German machine gun nest.
[/quote) A true hero, RIP. My uncle served with Audie Murphy (WWII's most decorated soldier)and was a technical sergeant. He was captured by the Nazi's and they pulled his toenails out with pliars but he would not give them any information. He escaped and as bad as that experience was he said it could not compare to what he saw while liberating one of the death camps. He came home and like so many did not talk about his experience except to my father, his closest brother, who served under Bull Halsey in the Pacific. My Dad told me when I got older. He was another true hero.
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A true hero, RIP. My uncle served with Audie Murphy (WWII's most decorated soldier)and was a technical sergeant. He was captured by the Nazi's and they pulled his toenails out with pliars but he would not give them any information. He escaped and as bad as that experience was he said it could not compare to what he saw while liberating one of the death camps. He came home and like so many did not talk about his experience except to my father, his closest brother, who served under Bull Halsey in the Pacific. My Dad told me when I got older. He was another true hero.
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My Father enlisted in the Navy to do his duty and stayed state side throughout WWII. However, the Plant Pixie's Father who was also in the Navy was an ordinance man and served on Okinawa. It wasn't until the early 90's that he started sharing story's with me as "another Veteran" when we would visit with him. On our drive home I mentioned the subject with the Plant Pixie and she would always reply: "I didn't know that, or I never heard that story". It seems like so many others of the "Greatest Generation" he never talked about his experiences in WWII with his wife or two daughters. But, I guess that he felt more comfortable sharing them with me as a fellow veteran.
I am reminded of an old saying (often used by motorcyclist): "If I have to explain it, you would not understand".
I am reminded of an old saying (often used by motorcyclist): "If I have to explain it, you would not understand".
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From: Randolph, NJ
My father was drafted into the regular army but was transferred into the Army Air Corp. He wanted to fly, but because he was blind in one eye he wasn't allowed to. Instead, because of his clothing experience, he was made into a Quartermaster and stationed in Douglas, Arizona (a 365 day a year flight training area).
Because he was stateside he wasn't able to accumulate enough points by the end of the war, and was kept in the service for an addition year or two.
He never spoke too much about those years, but he always sang the songs that he learned in the service.
Liz's father had come to America from China during the mid 1930s. He joined the Army Air Corp., was trained as a flight mechanic and stationed in the Pacific servicing fighter planes. After the war, he was awarded American citizenship because of his service. In those days, a non citizen could become a citizen by serving in the military and being honorably discharged.
Because he was stateside he wasn't able to accumulate enough points by the end of the war, and was kept in the service for an addition year or two.
He never spoke too much about those years, but he always sang the songs that he learned in the service.
Liz's father had come to America from China during the mid 1930s. He joined the Army Air Corp., was trained as a flight mechanic and stationed in the Pacific servicing fighter planes. After the war, he was awarded American citizenship because of his service. In those days, a non citizen could become a citizen by serving in the military and being honorably discharged.