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SO WHAT DID YOUR PARENTS DO IN THE BIG WAR
My Dad served in 672nd amphibious tractor division of the army for a couple
of years, one of which was in the Philipines. This was the division that delivered the troops to the Los Banos P.O.W. camp in the somewhat famous and daring rescue of the camp's civilian prisoners, and collected and transported them out of the camp to the safety of the army's lines. I don't know if he was part of that operation or not. My efforts to find out the details of his service were fruitless, since his records, as well as thousands (millions?) of others were destroyed in a V.A. fire years ago. And he died many years ago, long before he and I had reached a point we could have discussed his war experiences. "SHIVER ME TIMBERS" wrote in message ... Well after watching the Ken Burns series THE WAR ad naseum ad naseum, I thought I'd come into the group today with one of my curious questions. What did your parents, family, etc. do in the big WWII. Mine worked at the Canada Car foundry in what was then called Fort William, Ontario. They were inspectors helping to make Hawker Hurricanes and later other types of figthers including the Curtis Helldiver. How about your folks..... |
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SO WHAT DID YOUR PARENTS DO IN THE BIG WAR
My grandfather was a german soldier and fought first in France then in Russia. He was wounded three times and fell in todays Poland
by end 1944. -- Gruß Guybrush Mails landen im Mülleimer! |
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SO WHAT DID YOUR PARENTS DO IN THE BIG WAR
"john smith" wrote in message ... "john smith" wrote in message ... My father was an Army Air Corp radio operator. He operated out of Southeast Asia. He was part of the OSS program that sent radio operators behind Japaneses lines. https://www.cia.gov/library/center-f...gence/csi-publ ications/books-and-monographs/oss/art09.htm In article , "Jim" jaahrens NOSPAM at yahoo dot com wrote: My uncle (OSS also) flew those guys in and out -- He never talked about it except for one story regarding a small snafu in Thailand. Anything you can share? Yes, but give me a couple of days -- I have to dig up the detail notes -- |
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SO WHAT DID YOUR PARENTS DO IN THE BIG WAR
How about your folks..... My parents were married on December 7 1941 at Ft Lewis Washington. (their honeymoon was delayed) At the time my father was an Army corporal in the medical corps and my mother was a Lieutenant Army nurse. She was not allowed to stay in the Army after she was married and spent the war having my brother and me. In 1942-44 my father was stationed at Camp Barkley, Abilene Texas where he taught hand to hand combat. Then he went to OCS and was transferred to Camp Pickett, Virginia before going to Germany to help open a hospital at Nuremberg just after the war ended. An Uncle was a Marine pilot who survived without a scratch and on his first back in the states was hit by a taxi and spent 6 weeks in the hospital -- 09=ix |
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