[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.

[SAMWolf]

Thanks for sharing that story about you Dad, Samwise.

He had good taste in whiskey. :-)

[snippy_about_it]

Thanks Samwise for sharing more information about your dad and stories he told of his experiences. I knew I wanted to post his pictures on the Aleutians thread I just wasn't sure when it was coming up. LOL. My calendar of threads is at home and only when SAM mentioned it last night did I know it was today.

Everyone called them Japs back then, whenever you read old first hand diaries or stories you'll see the enemy referred to as Japs, or just recently on a thread the Germans were referred to as Krauts. If they said it, we leave it in. PC we're not, history tellers, we are. :)

We're thankful for your father's service and proud to be able to post his pictures here and thankful to you for sharing them with us.