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29. My uncle was a flight engineer/top turret gunner on a B-17 over Germany.

Reply to catnhatnh (Original post)

Wed Sep 9, 2015, 06:41 PM

Sep 2015

He never told anyone, even his kids, any war stories.
Saw too many friends die.

My Dad was in artillery in Korea.
Only story he told about getting shot at was the time he and a buddy got lost while driving a truck, and suddenly bullets started hitting their truck.
They turned around and drove back the way they came as fast as they could!

My BIL said he wouldn't kill at the draft board.
He was sent to Vietnam as a medic.
He will tell us about the literally BALES of pot they smoked, in addition to all the drinking.
And he still has nightmares of being back in Vietnam, getting shot at.

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Some people lie about their military service [View all] catnhatnh Sep 2015 OP

My dad was. He wouldn't ever talk about it. PatrickforO Sep 2015 #1

My dad never spoke of it until late in his life nadinbrzezinski Sep 2015 #2

What is there to say......? jaysunb Sep 2015 #3

Plenty, brother pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #6

Only though this site have I been able to open up a bit madokie Sep 2015 #18

I get by with the help of my friends--including you and our other brothers here pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #22

It took a while for me too, but, like you, after some years jaysunb Sep 2015 #21

You wern't there FreakinDJ Sep 2015 #4

Were you? pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #5

I certianly know way more than Eko Sep 2015 #7

Do you TALK to them? pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #8

As much as we can. Eko Sep 2015 #9

I have caught several on DU. former9thward Sep 2015 #10

I've found people will often use your military service against you Victor_c3 Sep 2015 #11

There arent any magic Eko Sep 2015 #12

Thanks for your service and the yellow ribbons are total BS and completely meaningless YabaDabaNoDinoNo Sep 2015 #13

/\_/\_This right here_/\_/\ Scuba Sep 2015 #20

I am so sorry that you are going through this rough time.... Ghost in the Machine Sep 2015 #14

You know I love you, Victor pinboy3niner Sep 2015 #15

Victor, you have my number, and I can PM msanthrope Sep 2015 #16

I know hundreds... trumad Sep 2015 #17

I was never a combat vet, I was a paper pusher in the AF for 22 years MrScorpio Sep 2015 #19

A neighbor of ours when I was a kid Snobblevitch Sep 2015 #23

90% plus of the military is rear echelon. tabasco Sep 2015 #24

So true GP6971 Sep 2015 #30

The "thank you for your service" thing... rppper Sep 2015 #25

dad served in the korean war shanti Sep 2015 #26

My dad served on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific during WWII. Maedhros Sep 2015 #27

My husband is a 21 year Army veteran vankuria Sep 2015 #28

My uncle was a flight engineer/top turret gunner on a B-17 over Germany. Archae Sep 2015 #29