[Lauratealeaf]

My father was a pilot during WW2. He flew B-29's out of Guam, and literally was one of the last pilots to return from a mission at the end of the war. (He lost an engine coming back from a bombing mission, landed at Iwo Jima, and then came back the day after Japan announced it's surrender in 1945.)

Thanks for your families' service! My late uncle was a pilot in the Pacific too. We have a lot of letters from him that was so descriptive of battles. Fascinating!

[Quilla]

My father was also a WWII pilot, flying B-29's. I'm ashamed to say I don't know where he was based at the time. I have his Army Air Corps identification card in it's original case. Inside are two press clippings and letters from chaplains notifying him of the deaths of two of his brothers. One died flying B-29's between Singapore and India and the other during his service in the Navy. I was so lucky to have him near me until he died a few years ago at the age of 83.