From Doc Ellis
I served, consecutively (and erratically), in the USArmy Air Force (1942-45), the USArmy (1946-50) and the USAir Force (1950-65) and retired then as a master sergeant...but in ALL that time, I never saw a day of combat and that includes my three years during World War II, two of those years overseas in the ETO.
12 troopers behind each guy IN combat at "the front”
From Milton Long
General Patton
We have purchased a replica of General Patton's pistol as a gift for a Patton admirer.
Question---Did General Patton ever shoot anyone? If anyone knows, please respond asap.
Tom Hartline
Reply from Nomad2261
Following is an excerpt from the book titled, The Silly Buggers
by Bill Hawksford.
William Bill Crawford certainly was an unimpressive figure, one you could easily overlook during a hectic day at the U.S. Air Force Academy. Mr. Crawford, as most of us referred to him back in the late 1970s, was our squadron janitor.
From Doc Ellis
REALLY FOLKS, I don’t know if its anchors away or anchors aweigh, but what I’m really curious about is: How many of us WWII guys who served overseas remember the name of the ship that carried us at sea to the great adventure or the dates of arrival and departure to wherever?
Author: Howard A. Ellis
I can’t help wondering if any of your readers remember this ship which meant so much to those of us who sailed aboard her to various ports in war theaters. The former S.S. Manhattan in 1941 shortly after her conversion to U.S.S. Wakefield (AP21) and service as a World War II Troopship voyaging from USA to Great Britain and back.
Ann Margaret and Her Gentlemen!
Submitted by Dr Jim Kirby
Richard, (my husband), never really talked a lot about his time in Viet Nam other than he had been shot by a sniper. However, he had a rather grainy, 8 x 10 black and white photo he had taken at a USO show of Ann Margaret with Bob Hope in the background. That was one of his treasures.
Robertson Bruce Graham
Submitted by: Randy Graham © July 2003 Roseville, CA
Coming Home
Robertson Bruce Graham
A WWII Remembrance-Part VII
Submitted by: Randy Graham © July 2003 Roseville, CA
Back In Action – Part 2
Robertson Bruce Graham
A WWII Remembrance-Part VI
Submitted by: Randy Graham © July 2003 Roseville, CA
Back In Action – Part 1