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re: Spinoff: Where did your relatives serve in WWII?
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:21 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:21 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
One of my uncles, now deceased, was in France right after the invasion. 
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Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:26 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Father served in the infantry in Europe. 94th ID.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:27 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
My uncle was a B17 pilot. He was one hell of a guy. He also worked at NASA in the early space program in flight support
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:28 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
My dad's dad flew the Hump over the Himalayas.
My mom's dad was a Navy Seabee at Guadalcanal.
My mom's dad was a Navy Seabee at Guadalcanal.
This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:30 pm to mikrit54
My dad was at Madgeburg with the 482d AAA (SP) Battalion (halftracks with either 4 .50 cals or the 37mm with 2 - .50 cals) when the war ended...he was a replacement who turned 19 on the troop ship going over in March of 1945...worked his way through the replacement system and got to the unit just before the shooting stopped...
I had several uncles in the Army as well...
I had several uncles in the Army as well...
This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 5:40 pm
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:34 pm to TexasTiger90
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TexasTiger90
Wow!
Thanks for sharing.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:36 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
My father was in the navy, executive officer on an LST in the Pacific. Got a bronze star for shooting down a kamikazi that was trying to ram his boat. His younger brother was in the air corps, and shot down a couple of zeros and was transferred back to Texas to teach at flight school, where my grandmother was sure he would be safe for the rest of the war. Ironically, he got killed in a training accident. My dad would never talk much about what he did, but he sure hated the Japanese the rest of his life. My grandfather served in the infantry in WWI but I don't know any details about his service.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:40 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Grandfather: 5th Army, 85th Division, 337th IR.
Italy.
Italy.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:42 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Grandfather served in Anzio, Italy. He never once spoke about it.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:43 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
One was in the Navy in the Pacific
The other drove a tank onto the beach on D-Day.
The other drove a tank onto the beach on D-Day.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:44 pm to Scoop
Grandfather: British Officer who served in the North Africa campaign. My dad (also English) is trying to find files based on his service because of some of the crazy reconnaissance missions that my grandfather's soldiers told my dad that he lead.
Great Uncle: My grandfather's uncle lied about his age to serve in WWI and served in the trenches. In WWII he was a British Airman and was shot down and captured by the Gestapo. He was tortured for weeks but was eventually rescued by members of the dutch resistance. He ended up marrying one of the women who was with the group that rescued him after the war.
Great Uncle: My grandfather's uncle lied about his age to serve in WWI and served in the trenches. In WWII he was a British Airman and was shot down and captured by the Gestapo. He was tortured for weeks but was eventually rescued by members of the dutch resistance. He ended up marrying one of the women who was with the group that rescued him after the war.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:47 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Maternal grandfather: navy, pacific theater
Paternal grandfather: was just too young for WWII but went to Korea
Paternal grandfather: was just too young for WWII but went to Korea
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:51 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
2 great uncles fought on Iwo. Only 1 survived.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:52 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
GF: US Army at Pearl Harbor
His brother, my Great Uncle, served in Vietnam.
His brother, my Great Uncle, served in Vietnam.
This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 5:53 pm
Posted on 4/13/16 at 5:55 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
USS Crescent City at Guadalcanal among other places...
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:04 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Mom's dad: Navy, electrician's mate, served on a Destroyer Escort, USS Price, in the Atlantic and Pacific
Great Uncle 1: Army intel, European theater
Great Uncle 2: Marine officer, commanded an artillery battery on Midway. Gramps said he was really close friends with American badass, Gen. David Shoup, USMC.
Great Uncle 3: Seabees, Pacific
Great Uncle 4: Army infantry, European theater
Great Aunt 1: Marine Corps nurse
Great Aunt 2: Army nurse
Dad's dad: few years too old for WWII, worked as a cop instead, slapjacked many drunk obnoxious airmen in Biloxi.
Great Uncle 1: Army intel, European theater
Great Uncle 2: Marine officer, commanded an artillery battery on Midway. Gramps said he was really close friends with American badass, Gen. David Shoup, USMC.
Great Uncle 3: Seabees, Pacific
Great Uncle 4: Army infantry, European theater
Great Aunt 1: Marine Corps nurse
Great Aunt 2: Army nurse
Dad's dad: few years too old for WWII, worked as a cop instead, slapjacked many drunk obnoxious airmen in Biloxi.
This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 6:23 pm
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:07 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
My dad's brother served in the Marines on Tinian, Saipan and Iwo Jima. 
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:07 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
Dad served in the Pacific on board the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise CV6.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:12 pm to CapstoneGrad06
My Grandfather was a naval officer in the pacific.
Posted on 4/13/16 at 6:32 pm to LSUTigersVCURams
SSG Charlie Melancon
1st Battalion, 319th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division (Lightning). Landed Feb 45 and stayed through the occupation late 46. Made E-6 in less than a year. Seldom spoke of the war.
I have his portrait from Berlin with mounted Combat Infantryman's badge framed on my fireplace mantle.
SGT Fred Wakefield
Played in the USAAF band as his eyesight was too bad for combat operations. He played six instruments and it would remain his hobby and playing with his Shriner band until he developed Parkinsons.
1st Battalion, 319th Infantry Regiment, 78th Infantry Division (Lightning). Landed Feb 45 and stayed through the occupation late 46. Made E-6 in less than a year. Seldom spoke of the war.
I have his portrait from Berlin with mounted Combat Infantryman's badge framed on my fireplace mantle.
SGT Fred Wakefield
Played in the USAAF band as his eyesight was too bad for combat operations. He played six instruments and it would remain his hobby and playing with his Shriner band until he developed Parkinsons.
This post was edited on 4/13/16 at 6:41 pm
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