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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Jun-21-07 10:56 PM Original message |
my Grandfather was an anti-aircaft gunner during WW2 |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:19 AM Response to Original message |
1. If he fought in the Bulge |
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no name no slogan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:41 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. My great-uncle was one of those 90,000 |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
2. My grandfather was one of Patton's drivers. |
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LSK (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:20 AM Response to Original message |
3. my Grandfather drove supply trucks in the Pacific somewhere |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:29 AM Response to Reply #3 |
5. That's a cool find, LSK. |
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CaliforniaPeggy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 12:26 AM Response to Original message |
4. My dear Roon... |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:23 AM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Wow! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
18. Instead of a video camera |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:53 PM Response to Reply #18 |
29. That is one of the great scenes form that series! |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:51 PM Response to Reply #29 |
38. I forgot that this board strips out box brackets |
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grasswire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 01:13 AM Response to Original message |
6. my uncle was at the Battle of the Bulge, too |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:35 AM Response to Original message |
8. One of my grandfather's and HIS father landed at Normandy and fought the Bulge |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:34 AM Response to Reply #8 |
12. My grandfather fought in the Bulge then spent 2 years at Walter Reed |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:14 PM Response to Reply #12 |
22. Your Grandfather sounds like he was one hell of a guy. n/t |
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Orsino (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. Snow up the keister. That'll wake you up in the morning! n/t |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 06:47 AM Response to Original message |
10. Somehow that seems more civilized than fighter pilots |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:00 PM Response to Reply #10 |
19. Well, we did have a 'relief tube'. |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
34. Wrong place sorry. n/t |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:33 PM Response to Reply #10 |
25. Most WWII fighters could only stay up for 3-4 hours. |
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TheMightyFavog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 01:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
55. Took a tour of a Short Sunderland Flying boat patrol bomber at the RAF Museum. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:59 PM Response to Reply #55 |
61. Those are one of my favorite warbirds. |
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RetroLounge (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:15 AM Response to Original message |
11. My grandfather was older in WWII |
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Left_Winger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 07:35 AM Response to Original message |
13. My grandfather was an infantry officer in WW 1 |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:30 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. So was mine |
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Left_Winger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 06:34 AM Response to Reply #16 |
52. I was the only one in the family who would listen to him |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 05:25 PM Response to Reply #52 |
60. Very cool |
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seemunkee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:15 AM Response to Original message |
14. Common mountaineering practice |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 04:46 PM Response to Original message |
17. My grandfather flew B-17s in Europe during WW2. |
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tigereye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 08:56 PM Response to Reply #17 |
62. my dad was a tail gunner in some of those planes... |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
20. I know a guy who was there too. |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:23 PM Response to Reply #20 |
23. I forget how many days after D-day that my Grandfather arrived at Normandy. |
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Wcross (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:08 PM Response to Original message |
21. I had a relative who died at Stalingrad serving in the German army. |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:51 PM Response to Reply #21 |
28. My wife took care of an elderly lady |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:32 PM Response to Original message |
24. My wife's uncle was in the 8th Air Force |
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Roon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:11 PM Response to Reply #24 |
33. Damn!! eom |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:38 PM Response to Reply #24 |
39. my father was a navigator on the B-17s |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:54 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I am sorry for the loss of your mementos... |
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merh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:31 AM Response to Reply #41 |
48. thanks for the kind words |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:45 AM Response to Reply #24 |
50. Me too. I was in the 8th AF long after WWII. I was proud |
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xmas74 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:39 PM Response to Original message |
26. One of my grandfathers was a Ranger. |
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Avalux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:48 PM Response to Original message |
27. My grandfather was a Marine at Tarawa - |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 08:55 PM Response to Original message |
30. My grandfather worked at Mare Island Naval shipyard |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:01 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. odd...today I was working in one of the houses built as temporary |
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BrotherBuzz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:16 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Cool! |
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Adsos Letter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:44 PM Response to Reply #36 |
37. I know it well...I lived in Napa for over 30 years... |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 09:06 PM Response to Original message |
32. My Grandfather was in WWI and he told us stories about the war. |
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two gun sid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:06 PM Response to Reply #32 |
53. When I first read your post about knowing how the deer felt.... |
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Redneck Socialist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 10:00 PM Response to Original message |
35. My father was a Coastie in WWII |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:52 PM Response to Original message |
40. My father was a B-25 pilot |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:58 PM Response to Reply #40 |
42. What a picture. |
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Poiuyt (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:02 AM Response to Reply #42 |
44. And they were so young |
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texanwitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
47. Wow, 70 missions. |
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pokerfan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 03:42 AM Response to Reply #42 |
51. Well, that's the catch |
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proud patriot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Jun-22-07 11:59 PM Response to Original message |
43. Brrrrrr |
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ironflange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:11 AM Response to Original message |
45. My dad fixed training airplanes in Ontario in "The Big One" |
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bullwinkle428 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:13 AM Response to Original message |
46. My maternal grandfather died fighting in the Battle of Okinawa; |
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Jack Sprat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:38 AM Response to Original message |
49. Well, my grandfather was an aircraft carrier in WWII. |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
54. my grandfather was shot down and then a POW in WWII |
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CrownPrinceBandar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:04 PM Response to Original message |
56. My grandad (Mom's dad) was at the Bulge as well..... |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
57. My Grampa was a B25 navigator in WWII. |
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momophile (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 02:48 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. what are the chances that my g-pa and your g-pa |
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yewberry (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 04:07 PM Response to Reply #58 |
59. Who knows? It could be. |
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NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-23-07 09:12 PM Response to Original message |
63. My father was also in an anti-aircraft battery in WW2 |
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