Another WWII veteran offspring reporting in. We have heard from at least one participant (ex-snook) and the children of participants of several different theatres so far. Polish conscripts in the German army, German army on the eastern front, U.S. Navy in the Pacific, U.S. Army in the Pacific, Army Air Force in Iceland (pre-12/7/41), and probably a few others. And the U.S.A. isn't even offically in the war yet!
Don’t forget our good Dane who knew Neils Bohr. I’m always glad to hear in from those who have these tales about their relatives or themselves as well. If you get a chance to scan the picture of the Atlanta, I’d definitely love to see it.
My Pop [4th I.D, Utah Beach], of Portuguese descent, was on the front line at Cherbourg when he saw what he thought was two Germans coming up the road. As he was getting ready to whack them, he heard them speaking Portuguese. They’d been hired as construction workers by the Germans.
I also read somewhere that Portuguese fought on the Eastern Front in the Waffen SS.
I’m sorry, I should have provided the jump site. That is not my analysis.