[buffyt]

My uncle is still MIA WWII B17.

[Blood of Tyrants]

It was more dangerous to be on a bomber crew than to be in the infantry in Europe.

[Pamlico]

My uncle was KIA as a pilot in a B-17. He is buried at the American Cemetary in Normandy. Dad (the older brother) was at Pearl Harbour. He was an Ensign on the USS Phoenix which was a cruiser and the Japs were concentrating on the battleships. He said they were sitting ducks. It took 30 minutes to build up enough steam before they had sufficient power to move and get out of the harbour.

[Hootowl99]

I had 4 uncles in WW2 and all were Army sergeants by the end of the war. One was in the Pentagon for the duration. The second was a replacement into the 101st after Normandy thru end of war.

Third was in Patton's army from the breakout thru the end of the war. He's the only one that spoke anything about the war and it was very little. His duty station was on a half track equipped with quad 50’s on an electrical mount. He said the tracers across the Rhine were quit a sight and the effects were devastating. After they crossed the Rhine, Hitler Youth were everywhere with a rifle and a few mags or a panzerfaust. The German boys were pretty much wiped out. He ended the war as the command sergeant for his infantry battalion.

The 4th uncle was a replacement into a Normandy division and was wounded outside of Paris. He spent a year+ in hospitals.

My father was an ROTC 2nd lieutenant at the tail end of the Korean War and didn't leave the US. He was discharged soon after the Armistice.