09-18-2013, 05:13 AM,
(This post was last modified: 09-18-2013, 05:15 AM by waynebaumber.)
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RE: The PG-HQ Oral History Project
Dad served in the Royal Engineers inthe last year of WWII. He was the youngest member of his platoon he was also the platoon commander! He was in one of the first RE units into Belsen which he never talked about much. He then spent the rest of his time in the army after VE day trying to clear up the mess the RAF created in Hannover and also helped mend the Mohne Dam which of course was one of the targets of the Dambuster raid.
My Uncle served in the RAF out in India for the duration and saw a lot of action though not of the military kind.
Not forgetting of course the home front where Mum was a fire watcher (ie she used to stand on top of Scunthorpe town hall and see if any fires broke out during the night hours) her Dad my Grandfather was an ARP warden.
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09-18-2013, 07:41 AM,
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dirk
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RE: The PG-HQ Oral History Project
My father was 23 when Pearl was attacked. His civilian job as a structural steel draftsman was demeand war critical until November of 1944. In '43 he got into an arguement with his boss and quit, went to the draft board to get his deferment status changed. The draft board looked at his deferment and had the MP's take him back to work as a draftsman. In Nov. '44 he went in to the Air Corp served with the Ninth Airforce in southern Germany after V-E day.
My Uncle served with the 15 Air Force as a top gunner of a B-24 out of Africa and Italy. He came home in Dec. of 44 after reaching and surviving the number of missions to be sent home - unharmed.
My mother made 50 caliber bullets at the Browning factory.
Off WWII - Had a great uncle who served in WWI as an arieal observer for the Army Air Corp along the Mexico Boarder.
My mother's father recieved a purple heart in the Philippine Insurrection.
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