Re: We Were Soldiers

At 3:25 PM +0000 3/22/02, Germ wrote:
>
>Mr Great Grandfather spent the 1st world war as ground
>crew for the origins of the RAF.
>Never got to speak to him about it he died when I was young.
>(died at 90 mind you!)
>
>Mr Grandfather was an infantryman in WW2, talking about the war was
banned
>so I don't know much about what he did. My grandmother has lots of
desert
>gear still so probably in North Africa.
>Mind you the only tale I did hear was that my grandfather broke his leg
on
>practice
>parachute jumps and subsequently missed operation Market Garden!
>That's fate for ya.

My Grandfather on my Mom's side was an Instrument Instructor. He was 
so good they didn't send him over seas. He later joined Eddie 
Rickenbackers team at EAL for 20 years.

My Great Uncle on my Dad's side was a Flight engineer on a B-17. He 
was shot down over occupied Europe and spent a good portion of his 
time in the basement of a resistance house. I suspect it was a Dutch 
House. I need to get in touch with that part of the family and try to 
find out.
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