[mlmr]

Thank you

I would love to hear about others and their WWII Dads. Any 101 people?

[Samwise]

I am so sorry for your loss. Unfortunately, I understand how much it hurts. We just received our Presidential Memorial Certificate and hung it up last night. I am so glad it is from Dubya. Don't forget to order yours.

Click the Tribute on my homepage to see the Gaffer. Perhaps they are trading stories.

[ex-snook]

"I would love to hear about others and their WWII Dads. Any 101 people?"

I'm one of those WWII 'dads' and my unit met the 101 in Alsace where they went after Bastogne. Also again later around Berchegarden (sp?) where the Nazis were to make their last stand.

[ShadowDancer]

My father-in-law wasn't in the 101st but he was in the 126th AAA, Battery C and knowing him was and will always be one of the greatest parts of my life. I'm not very religious but I will go to bed with thoughts of you and your dad tonight. I'm so very sorry.

[tdscpa]

So sorry for your loss.

I lost my father two years ago. He was a B-24 pilot with the 454th Bombardment Group.

[Gamecock]

God Bless. We owe that generation a huge debt of gratitude for preserving our liberty!

TO OUR DADS!

As requsted, here's my story:

My dad passed in 1996, served 22 years. He never got over the fact that his son was a "damn officer." Funny thing is he always had a hint of a smile on his face when he called me that. As you may know, the tradition is that a new lieutenant gives a silver dollar to the first NCO that salutes him. Dad got my silver dollar. He kept it till the day he died.

I miss the old Sergeant Major. Now, if you'll excuse me, I need to have a cry.

[ExSoldier]

My dad was a civilian in WWII who held the rank of honorary colonel in the Corps of Engineers because he was a good engineer. He designed an improved bombsight for heavy bomber aircraft that was classified for many years. He later became instrumental in the design of Cape Canaveral launch pads and the Vertical Assembly building. When I was commissioned as an Army Officer, his security clearance, greased the way for my own....but he never knew. He passed away just months before I graduated from college.