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nevergiveup

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2. This makes me so sad.

Reply to Bundbuster (Original post)

Sat Nov 11, 2023, 12:27 PM

Nov 2023

I too had an uncle who served in the Pacific. He enlisted when he was 18. He went missing for 2 years after the war and the family thought he was dead but he did finally return home. He never ever during the rest of his life mention the war.

It is wonderful that you are honoring your uncle. May this beautiful brave young man forever rest in peace.

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This message was self-deleted by its author [View all] Bundbuster Nov 2023 OP

Even though you never knew him . . . CaliforniaPeggy Nov 2023 #1

You're right, Peggy Bundbuster Nov 2023 #3

This makes me so sad. nevergiveup Nov 2023 #2

A grandson of mine is related to a Tuskegee Airman ggma Nov 2023 #4

My dad's first cousin was shot down by a German sniper... ananda Nov 2023 #5

What a terrible, senseless loss Bundbuster Nov 2023 #8

Yes, my mom's brother has a story too. ananda Nov 2023 #9

I think the St. Lo was an escort carrier COL Mustard Nov 2023 #13

That is right. ananda Nov 2023 #31

My Uncle Walter was a gunner on a B-25 in the Pacific. While on a night mission, cornball 24 Nov 2023 #6

Quite a legacy indeed. DFW Nov 2023 #7

An interesting, travelled family you have, sir. Bundbuster Nov 2023 #10

What a remarkable face PatSeg Nov 2023 #11

His legacy lives on - Bundbuster Nov 2023 #16

The photo blew me away PatSeg Nov 2023 #21

Just 22, not married Bundbuster Nov 2023 #24

Yes it does PatSeg Nov 2023 #34

Here's my dad in 1945 PatSeg Nov 2023 #23

My Uncle Albert was a B24 pilot KS Toronado Nov 2023 #12

A now deceased neighbor might have seen your uncle's plane shit down Kaleva Nov 2023 #27

My husband's uncle was lost on The Indianapolis. He had a pregnant wife at the time. Hassin Bin Sober Nov 2023 #14

The Indianapolis - that was the worst, most agonizing loss. Bundbuster Nov 2023 #18

One of my Mom's step-brothers disappeared over the North Sea in an RCAF bomber OnlinePoker Nov 2023 #15

My extended family all came home Warpy Nov 2023 #17

There aren't many WW2 vets left Bundbuster Nov 2023 #20

Not many at all... WarGamer Nov 2023 #32

My dad was shot down while piloting a B-17 kskiska Nov 2023 #19

My cousin was a paratrooper, jumped on D Day, lost in France for a few weeks, turned up in Paris. CTyankee Nov 2023 #22

My mother's only brother was in the British Army malaise Nov 2023 #25

British soldiers paid some bloody hell in that war. Bundbuster Nov 2023 #28

That stiff upper lip worked wonders malaise Nov 2023 #30

My grandmother carefully kept track of my dad's and my uncle's points while they were overseas Attilatheblond Nov 2023 #26

My dad's cousin was killed in the Battle of Ortona. Swede Nov 2023 #29

The ones who never came back.... and the ones, like my father-in-law and uncle who came back 3Hotdogs Nov 2023 #33

My Maternal Grandfather was among the African American troops who Liberated the death camps in Germany The_REAL_Ecumenist Nov 2023 #35

For some families, war is truly Hell. Bundbuster Nov 2023 #36