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| Although I'm not positive, there's a good chance my Papa (grandfather) was there as well.
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| Yeah... I can always remember when the war in Europe was officially over -> May 8, 1945. And although my father served in the South Pacific, I STILL remember that day, as May 8 was his birthday. I also remember that he was a SUPER Patriot; you'd better not let him hear you say ANYTHING against this country. What a generation! God, ,I wish we had them ALL back now.
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| quote: Originally posted by olfuzzy:
On this date in 1945, we fully secured the Philippine capital of Manila from the Japanese.
My Dad was there.
No real reason for the post, just remembering.
My Grandfather was somewhere offshore. He brought home pictures of Manilla all shot up. He said when he came ashore, there were Japanese soldiers floating in the harbor. He brought home a Japanese helmet that I didn't like to look at as a kid (it had a bullet hole in it). |
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| My father's log shows his first flight out of Clark Air Base was March 23. He was the System Engineer on a B-24, 43 Bomb Wing, 64 Bomb Squadron. 41
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| My Dad was in Neuss, on the west bank of the Rhine River in Germany, with the 83rd Infantry Division, after surviving weeks of combat in the Hurtgen Forest and then the Battle of the Bulge. |
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| My dad was in HS but in the summer 45 joined the Navy and was in the Philippines later in the year on a minesweeper.
He's still around BTW. |
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| My Dad was still on Iwo Jima. He left on March 22 or 23. |
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Loved those Texas
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| On this date in 1945 we were living near Alvin, Texas, where Dad was helping build something for the war effort. I think it was a gasoline refinery.
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| My grandmother was in Manilla, as well. Being Philippino and all...
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| Also in the Philippines, but to the north on the Villa Verde Trail. The fighting there continued, some until the Japanese surrender.
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