WWII Thread
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Lets get a WWII thread going
My Great Uncle(grandfathers brother) died today at a 100 years old he would have been 101 in a week and a half. He Fought in the pacific and his brother(my grandfather) fought in Europe. My grandfather died in the 60s long before i could meet him, so my uncle was the closest thing i had to a grandpa on that side of the family. I want to honor him to day.
>>30300811
your grandpa was a lucky mofo in comparison to his brother.
will hoist a drink to him/them later tonight, and fuck the nips.
>>30300851
My grandfather had his legs shot off by a machine gun and came home in wheel chair, he had a heart attack in his sleep and died. It was attributed to PTSD.
>>30300898
>>30300851
so he might disagree.
>>30300851
My Uncle once told my brother how to kill a Jap, "stick him with your bayonet, and shake him back and forth with it til he stops screaming.
>>30300811
OP I'll get in on this while it's still devoid of inevitable shitflinging
>>30301115
What do the ducks mean?
>>30301161
DOGGO PLS B OK
>>30301143
I'm thinking shipping as in sitting ducks.
>>30301143
Decoy or diversion missions to confuse the germans while a main force would attack
>>30301235
Thank you.
>>30301321
I'd love to see him fire it.
grandpa fought in ww2, just turned 90. This is him in normandy
>>30303831
or france idk. This is him at his Bday party. Had fucking 6 beers and class of scotch, at his age thats pretty impressive. Confirmed madman
My grandfather died in Auschwitz when he fell out of a guard tower.
>>30300811
Grandma's cousin fought in Europe with the Charlemagne Division. He didn't make it ; ;
I figure this might be an appropriate question considering the thread. Does anyone know where I can find a set of jackboots?
This is the plane my old Gaffer flew. He still tells great stories about Athens.
>>30305497
My great uncle died in Germany to a landmine. Won a Silver Star for his actions as QRF at the Bulge, apparently his driver drove directly into a German foxhole, which got the Jeep stuck, and Uncle Cecil jumped out, killed 4 Germans single handedly, one in hand to hand, sustained a bayonet wound, dragged his wounded driver out, dropped a grenade in the Jeep and then dragged his driver all the way back to friendly lines.
We didn't find all this out until my grandfather died. He had an old ammo box with Cecil's citations, medals, and the telegram my great grandmother got when he died. It's really neat to have his actual citation, since so many WWII vets lost theirs in the Archive fire.
Another anecdote
>Be innaArmy
>Going to EOCA school with squad leader, go to airport to go back to our post
>Flight isnt for an hour, go sit at the bar to have our 2 beers, we're still in uniform
>Old guy comes up to us and shakes our hands, sees Squad leaders jump wings
>"You were airborne? So was I."
"Yes sir, I've got 258 jumps," squad leader kind of puffs out his chest, "how many did you make?"
>Old guy grins, pulls out his wallet that has the 82nd patch on it
"Well, I only count 2 honestly. Normandy and Holland,"
>Mfw
We bought his drinks and chatted him up for a while, he was a ball breaker. Really cool guy though.
