Author Topic: Did your father/gramps/greatgramps do something in WW2 ? (or you Wes) ?  (Read 8953 times)

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DON'T MENTION THE WAR !!

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I heard Wes was a highly decorated hero in the Civil War

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I heard Wes was a highly decorated hero in the Civil War
That's cool....guess he was too old to fight in WW2...



Anyway my grandfather blew up a building full of German weapons....that COOL.. 8)

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My Grandfather ( my mother's father ) served in the South Pacific and the ship he was on was torpedoed , he was fine not sure if anyone else was hurt

My Grandfather ( my father's father ) served stateside in WW1 at the time of his death in 1997 he was one of the oldest WW1 vets in the U.S. at 93


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That's cool....guess he was too old to fight in WW2...



Anyway my grandfather blew up a building full of German weapons....that COOL.. 8)

Tough and hard times those. Props to your Grandad.

Can't imagine what people went through

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My Grandfather ( my mother's father ) served in the South Pacific and the ship he was on was torpedoed , he was fine not sure if anyone else was hurt

My Grandfather ( my father's father ) served stateside in WW1 at the time of his death in 1997 he was one of the oldest WW1 vets in the U.S. at 93



Wow

ND, if your paternal Grandad was born in 1904,  he was very young during WW1, wasn't he? 1914-1918

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Wow

ND, if your paternal Grandad was born in 1904,  he was very young during WW1, wasn't he? 1914-1918
He was The Kid from hell..... 8)

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My maternal grandparents in Rotterdam hid jewish refugees below their store/shop (they had an art galerie). One day there was a razzia, and the refugees had to quickly hide. One German soldier saw a foot of a jewish child stick out of the hiding place, and whispered to gramps: "hide him, quickly..". 
My grandparents never held a grudge against the Germans after the war, a great part due to this soldier... 8) 8)

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Grandpa drove an M18 Tank Destroyer built by Buick.  Served in 8 European countries.  Saw Dachau, Obersalzberg, Nuremburg during the trials, La Havre, the Ardennes in the Battle of the Bulge.


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Grandpa drove an M18 Tank Destroyer built by Buick.  Served in 8 European countries.  Saw Dachau, Obersalzberg, Nuremburg during the trials, La Havre, the Ardennes.

8)  Is he still alive ?

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That's cool....guess he was too old to fight in WW2...



Anyway my grandfather blew up a building full of German weapons....that COOL.. 8)

It's funny you say that, I heard a story about my grandfather and another guy running a long fuse into some kind of underground mine full of German Ammunition and blowing it up.

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Yes, indeed. GrandDa, on my Da's side, served (underage) on a minesweeper. He lost an older brother, who pulled the same duty. Got a few of his medals, somewhere.  

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Wow

ND, if your paternal Grandad was born in 1904,  he was very young during WW1, wasn't he? 1914-1918

Enlisted illegally at 15 0r 16 if I recall correctly

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It's funny you say that, I heard a story about my grandfather and another guy running a long fuse into some kind of underground mine full of German Ammunition and blowing it up.
Well, this happened near Rotterdam, Holland..

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These guys never had the help that's available for todays vets.....

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8)  Is he still alive ?

No, he died in 2008 at 82.  He was kind of like the old man on Gran Torino.

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No, he died in 2008 at 82.  He was kind of like the old man on Gran Torino.

That's cool. He was actually very young in the war....respect.

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NO BUT PANCHO VILLA IS MY GRANDPA
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NO BUT PEEWEE HERMAN IS MY GRANDPA
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My dad's dad fought in Okinawa. He recovered a trunk from a burned down village. In it was a bunch of track and field gear, trophies, and a photo album. There were pictures in there from America; the kid in the pics once competed at the LA Coliseum, plus some stuff from NYC, like the Statue of Liberty and whatnot.

Gramp held on to it for forty some years.

During the olympics in '88, he contacted the local paper here and told them his story. They found the dude in the pics! He was some kind of sports official/ambassador in Japan. They flew the guy in and met at the newspaper's office, where my grandpa returned his stuff. They did a big story on it.

The guy was really nice and grateful to get his things back.

True story.

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My dad's dad fought in Okinawa. He recovered a trunk from a burned down village. In it was a bunch of track and field gear, trophies, and a photo album. There were pictures in there from America; the kid in the pics once competed at the LA Coliseum, plus some stuff from NYC, like the Statue of Liberty and whatnot.

Gramp held on to it for forty some years.

During the olympics in '88, he contacted the local paper here and told them his story. They found the dude in the pics! He was some kind of sports official/ambassador in Japan. They flew the guy in and met at the newspaper's office, where my grandpa returned his stuff. They did a big story on it.

The guy was really nice and grateful to get back his things.

True story.
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Wow

ND, if your paternal Grandad was born in 1904,  he was very young during WW1, wasn't he? 1914-1918

I just checked his obituary he was 95 when he died in 1997, he was born in March of 1902. 

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I just checked his obituary he was 95 when he died in 1997, he was born in March of 1902. 

Much respect. RIP.

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All rode submarines and died in action except for one, who came back from a russian "work" camp which cost him his health.
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