Great story! You must be so proud and betting there are even more terrific memories. Thanks for sharing.
Maybe even that Jeep your dad was driving came out of my brother in laws motor pool. Lol
A few, and so many he never told. Typical of his generation.
I would have never known about the China deployment if a co-worker hadn’t taught me a little Chinese. I mentioned it and he said say something in Chinese, I did and he started chattering away to me in Chinese.
“When and where did you learn Chinese? “
“Peking, 1945” was the laconic reply...