Posted by sms on December 25, 2021 at 04:33:51 from (24.211.75.81):
In Reply to: World War II posted by fastfarmall on December 24, 2021 at 18:15:30:
A friend's Dad passed recently, here is part of his obituary.
After graduating from high school in Fallsburg in 1938, he went into the Air Force and ended up in the Southeast Pacific on the island of Ieshima where he attained the rank of Captain. He was lucky that he made friends with the flight surgeon and was able to live in an ambulance during the monsoon season. The flight surgeon (Ken Steele) also had access to medicinal alcohol. It didn't get much better than a dry bunk to sleep in and something to add to your bug juice at night. He flew over 129 combat missions. He started flying in the P-47 Thunderbolt and later got to fly the P-51 Mustang with the Rolls Royce engine. He said it was an excellent plane to fly. He was awarded an Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters, American Theater Ribbon, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, Philippine Liberation Medal, a Bronze Star and a World War II Victory Medal.
Sadly, he lost his brother Walter 2 weeks after the invasion of France on the beaches of Normandy, France. It took a period of time before he found out about Walter's death. It took him over 40 years before he was able to visit Walter's grave in Brittany, France.
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