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Dad of Foxhole FReeper Samwise was stationed in the Aleutians




Here is the picture of Daddy's sled dogs when he was in Alaska/Aleutians. They were soldiers too. Dad said they kept him from freezing to death one night.


One of Dad's buddies is giving him a lift.


I commented to Samwise I thought her father was a handsome man. Her response - You are correct. He was very good looking. He said that when he got home from the war, the girls all wanted a medal or a ribbon. They even took some of his uniform buttons. Of course, he didn't tell me that--he told my husband. LOL


Working in the field - I have the camera that Dad used to take these pictures. He loaned another GI some money and the camera was collateral. Dad was never one to spend much money, and he loaned the other guys money a lot. He said they were bad about wasting it. He said that once he loaned a lot of money to another GI for an emergency of some sort. Never expecting to see the money again, Dad forgot all about it. Years after the war, Dad got a letter with cash from the guy, paying the debt in full.


The tent on the right is Dad's. They held prisoners in the building in the back.

Dad of Foxhole FReeper Samwise was stationed in the Aleutians




Here is the picture of Daddy's sled dogs when he was in Alaska/Aleutians. They were soldiers too. Dad said they kept him from freezing to death one night.


One of Dad's buddies is giving him a lift.


I commented to Samwise I thought her father was a handsome man. Her response - You are correct. He was very good looking. He said that when he got home from the war, the girls all wanted a medal or a ribbon. They even took some of his uniform buttons. Of course, he didn't tell me that--he told my husband. LOL


Working in the field - I have the camera that Dad used to take these pictures. He loaned another GI some money and the camera was collateral. Dad was never one to spend much money, and he loaned the other guys money a lot. He said they were bad about wasting it. He said that once he loaned a lot of money to another GI for an emergency of some sort. Never expecting to see the money again, Dad forgot all about it. Years after the war, Dad got a letter with cash from the guy, paying the debt in full.


The tent on the right is Dad's. They held prisoners in the building in the back.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for posting Samwise's pictures Snippy.

[Samwise]

Hi, snippy. You sneaked the pictures in again. :^)

Dad didn't talk much about fighting the Japanese.

He did tell me that one night he and a buddy somehow got their rifles wet. They were so wet and cold that they didn't know if they would fire or not. The Japs (he always called them Japs) were on the other side of some kind of ice hill. He and his buddy were way outnumbered.

They hid in an ice/snow mound. It was very cold. Their options were to freeze to death or be captured. Dad had some Kentucky bourbon whiskey, and the two of them drank it all. They had been warned many times of the dangers of alcohol and cold.

Dad swore the whiskey kept them warm enough to survive. He always believed that Kentucky whiskey was the best medicine in the world.