Four brothers who served
Nov 11, 2022 12:28:55 #
One of my favorite photos. Fortunately, all came home safely. The one on the lower left flew 33 missions in a B-17 over Europe. The one in the lower right fought in the Philippines. Upper left is my Dad. You never met four nicer guys.
Nov 11, 2022 12:34:45 #
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Nov 11, 2022 16:23:25 #
We were so lucky to have such good, brave men to save the world from the tyranny and genocide of Hitler.
Nov 11, 2022 17:26:09 #
UTMike wrote:
The right day to share this wonderful memory, Steve!
Thank you, Mike.
Nov 11, 2022 17:26:35 #
Nov 11, 2022 17:28:50 #
TriX wrote:
We were so lucky to have such good, brave men to save the world from the tyranny and genocide of Hitler.
You can say that again, Trix. When I watch programs like Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, and the Pacific, it lets me know just how horrific those battles were, and the tyrannies that we fought.
Nov 11, 2022 18:05:24 #
SteveR wrote:
You can say that again, Trix. When I watch programs like Private Ryan, Band of Brothers, and the Pacific, it lets me know just how horrific those battles were, and the tyrannies that we fought.
I wish I had an image like yours. My mother came from a huge tobacco farming family in VA of 13 children. (3 girls and 10 boys - just what you need if you have a big farm). According to her, she had 8 brothers in WW2 serving simultaneously, and all came home. Just one stayed in the Navy and made it a career.
Nov 11, 2022 19:35:48 #
TriX wrote:
I wish I had an image like yours. My mother came from a huge tobacco farming family in VA of 13 children. (3 girls and 10 boys - just what you need if you have a big farm). According to her, she had 8 brothers in WW2 serving simultaneously, and all came home. Just one stayed in the Navy and made it a career.
That is quite something, Trix, to have eight brothers serving during wartime at once. I know how they came in handy on the farm. My Mom was a farm girl from Kansas. Thankfully, they, too, came home. My Dad stayed in for a year and 1/2 after the war ended and was considering making it a career. Both he and Mom enjoyed the military. However, he was given the chance to teach and coach football in Flint, MI and between that opportunity and the heat on the field at Sheppard AFB in Wichita Falls, he decided to go coach football. His best friend, with whom he went from W.Va. to Michigan to play football, stayed in and ended up a bird colonel. He was later in charge of veterans' affairs in W.Va.
Nov 11, 2022 20:36:09 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
Something to be proud of. It would probably be pretty tough to find that sense of duty among today’s youth.
Nov 11, 2022 20:38:04 #
SteveR wrote:
One of my favorite photos. Fortunately, all came home safely. The one on the lower left flew 33 missions in a B-17 over Europe. The one in the lower right fought in the Philippines. Upper left is my Dad. You never met four nicer guys.
Nov 12, 2022 09:03:50 #
SteveR wrote:
One of my favorite photos. Fortunately, all came home safely. The one on the lower left flew 33 missions in a B-17 over Europe. The one in the lower right fought in the Philippines. Upper left is my Dad. You never met four nicer guys.
They (and you) are lucky they came came back. I read a story yesterday of Canadas most bereaved mother. She lost four sons and a husband during the war. The husband wasn’t serving but when he got word of the death of the third son he dropped dead.
Nov 12, 2022 09:35:03 #
Nov 12, 2022 09:56:45 #
Alafoto
Loc: Montgomery, AL
TriX wrote:
I wish I had an image like yours. My mother came from a huge tobacco farming family in VA of 13 children. (3 girls and 10 boys - just what you need if you have a big farm). According to her, she had 8 brothers in WW2 serving simultaneously, and all came home. Just one stayed in the Navy and made it a career.
I've heard that farming entails long days and hard work. Though a long discharged army grunt, I'd have stayed in the navy too. That said, we all owe a huge debt to those men and women of WW II who had no DEROS date but the end of the war. They did, in fact, save the world from tyranny.
Nov 12, 2022 10:24:04 #
SteveR wrote:
One of my favorite photos. Fortunately, all came home safely. The one on the lower left flew 33 missions in a B-17 over Europe. The one in the lower right fought in the Philippines. Upper left is my Dad. You never met four nicer guys.
A couple are high-ranking sergeants so I wonder if any made the military their life after the war. Did any retire after a 20 to 30-year stay? Congratulations for coming from such good stock!
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