Posted on 12/17/2011 5:48:40 PM PST by InvisibleChurch
Breath taking pics...
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Hitler thought the Japanese were unnecessarily cruel to civilians in China. When Hitler thinks you are being cruel then that is really UFB.
If I sent you rigid plastic holders for them would you use them? Just sitting in a shoe box is not good for them as the Box is made of acidic cardboard. Also, curling, cracks and scuffing can occur. These are easily damaged.
I collect and deal in a wide range of antiques. Photos being a prime market for me ( and something I have collected for years ). I hate to think of them getting ruined. Will gladly send you rigid holders. I'm sure I can gather a bunch up.
Is that a scan of a negative that you flipped on photoshop? Great photo by the way!
well I was in the neighborhood anyway, it’s a variant of the M-10 class.
My FRiend, you’ve a iconic and proud family history. Your ancestors sacrifice is the reason I enjoy the freedom I do.
What a small world indeed!----that's exactly (as far as I know) what dad did.....in one of his wartime letters, he mentioned being a guard on the supply trains...
..and he had a funny story about a monkey stealing things on the train.
Thanks for this wonderful information.....they might very well have known each other.
Dad also spent some time in the mountain hospital after eating a macaroon cookie from a street vender (they were told not to)...and getting a horrible case of dysentery.
To this day, he will not touch a macaroon cookie.
Dad mentioned monkeys on the trains, too!! We were little and I know he added that for our amusement.
And Dad got dysentary, too. I think most of them did.
Thanks so much. I’d bet they did know each other.
Did your dad ever mention Mules used for packing equipment?
God bless them all.
Maybe the trick is drinking with them at the gasthaus. Maybe your experience was closer to the post war era when they were still appreciative of Americans and our sacrifices. My experience was pretty recent. I stand by my observations. Additionally, Germans are pretty well loathed through out Europe because of their rudeness, coldness, lack of humor, etc.
I don't know much about Japanese culture. I do have a girlfriend with a Japanese MIL who would certainly agree with you. (:
I can say I was rather impressed with the way the Japanese people handled the recent earthquake and nuclear disaster.
Oh, they treat each other with the utmost respect, everyone else, not so much unless they want something from you.
My dad was a pilot in the CBI. He passed away in 1968. God bless the heros.
Dad was in the Army Air Force.
Uncus, I don't remember any mule stories, and dad has very few lucid moments now....but when he does, he can remember people and situations from that time quite well and very fondly.
I was just curious about the mules.
Nice sharing this with you. God bless our Dads.
My dad was at the Bulge. He was in a field position with the Judge Advocate Corps and claimed that he threw a typewriter at the German’s but that joke was probably not why he got a Bronze Star.
I was stunned to see the color photos of the First Army. My father was trained in Florida, then plunked into the Ardennes in January to haul casualties up the mountainside. His lack of winter whites made him an olive green target. He spoke of the brutal cold and the hip deep snow, but mostly of the men in the litters he was proud to bear.
Once they headed east, to eventually cross the Remagen Bridge on March 7, he told me they slept where they dropped from exhaustion, then moved on when the cold awoke them. He carried these memories literally until his dying day, particularly his respect for his buddies who never made it.
Potlatch, thank you for the ping. These photos are a gift.
Wonderful photos that your dad took! The one on your mom’s site of the LST in the Battle of Okinawa is quite touching as my Grandfather was on LST 621 during that battle. He passed away 3 years ago, 12 days after his 90th birthday, and the stories he told me of his experiences in the battle in particular were hair raising.
Thank you so much for sharing your Dad’s photos. Simply wonderful.
The wonderful thing is that many of his old shipmates have contacted me through my blog and remembered my Dad fondly. It seems they googled their ship, and my s was at the top of the list!
Thank you for your kind words! :-)
You had to know Grandpa. He wouldn’t say anything bad about anything. Even if the movie was a real stinker. :-)
Thanks for the post. Amazing pictures.
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