Posted on 07/11/2013 3:33:00 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Ping.
One of my aunts is buried in Georgia and two or three stones from her stone is a guy who was a vet of WW II,Korea *and* Vietnam.Amazing...just like this guy.The “Greatest Generation” for sure.
My dad was also WWII Korea and Vietnam.
Like I said....*amazing*.
Thanks, what a nice article.
How old was he when he started in WWII, which theater was he in, and what was he serving in Vietnam? Always interesting to hear about.
He joined the Marines just in time to visit Okinawa and be introduced to the Japanese by having one Kamikaze onto the top of the #3 turret of the USS Maryland. He was manning an anti-aircraft gun at the base of said turret at the time.
He never really talked about Korea.
Spent one tour of duty at Da Nang supervising aircraft maintenance. Someone wasn’t very fond of his, uh, roommate, so his tent got fragged once. Not totally peeved, they used a smoke grenade, instead of the more traditional fragmentation model. He had pink underwear for over a month...
Yeah, I used to tease him about being a slow learner...
I am this man’s age, 88, and I was a 17 year-old senior in high school when Pearl Harbor was bombed. It was a Sunday. When I returned to school the next day, about 10 of the senior boys had enlisted. One of them was only 16 and he joined the Navy until they caught him and discharged him. As soon as he turned 18 he joined the Army.
My brother-in-law was in the Army, in the China-Burma-India theater, and then went back in for the Korean war. He’s 92 now and in good health. Another friend completed 25 missions over Germany with the 8th Air Force. The Air Force assured them that they would not have to fly any more missions. When the Korean war started they called him up, but the ones who had 25 missions refused to go, and the Army backed down.
Fangs! This makes me think there is a dog out there for me, as well. S/he just has to find me. ;o]
My uncle joined the Navy at 17 and had to have his mother sign for him. He got out of boot camp just in time to be stationed at Pearl Harbor to be present for the bombing. He grew from a 17 year old kid to a man overnight.
My dad was WWII and flew the burma hump.
Mondo, my dad flew the burma hump.
C-47/DC-3?
“Lab-Golden-Australian mix”
LOL!
Who ‘guesses’ the dogs?
Boxer/Bully/*maybe* Golden.
The different colored eyes are a common Aussie trait, but otherwise I do not see any Aussie-ness.
I wish I could tell you; but I really don’t know. All I know is he flew several times. These men just didn’t talk about the war.
No, that they didn’t.
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