Heros

[Clark J]

My 91 year old uncle stopped in this weekend from AZ,30 year retired Army.Was promoted to E9(Command Sergeant Major) by the age of 44.Served in WW2,Korea and Vietnam..I never asked him what he really did until this passed Sunday,in WW2 he was a combat medic in the Japanese theater threw New Guinea and the Philippians!He also worked in Mash units in Korea and was in charge of logistics for mobile hospitals in Vietnam....HOLLY CRAP!!!And that wasn't all....I asked my uncle if he knew anything about my other uncle(My moms brother)that was killed in WW2 and he told me he was with the 104th Infantry and was a 1st SGT leading his platoon in one of the battles for the Ludendorff Bridge(Remagen)in 1945 and was killed while "selflessly exposing himself to snipper fire for the preservation of his men"!!!!!!Man you look for heroes all your life and I guess I have 2 of them in my family....WOW, who knew!!!!

 

[Curahee]

Be proud ! and never forget to commemorate the "Day of Days"

 

[Andrew]

Great stuff Clark, how come you'd never known about this before?

91?- better start bashing his ear for more stories Mate...

 

[T-Bolt]

Enjoy that contact with your uncle as long as you can. I had an uncle who was a B-24 flight engineer/gunner, but unfortunately died at a relatively early age with cancer. He lived in Nebraska so it was hard for me to visit him when I was younger, but before he died.

I hope you have many more conversations with your uncle before his days on Earth are over.


Ted

 

[Clark J]

Great stuff Clark, how come you'd never known about this before?

91?- better start bashing his ear for more stories Mate...

Mostly because of location,he was either in a different country or when they settled back in the states they lived to far away.As for "war stories"After he told me how the medics sometimes irrigated open belly wounds when they where out of water is all I needed to hear.I also found out a little info from my uncle via his son who was station in Nam the same time my bother was there who flew a helicopter in Vietnam that my brother was not a popular pilot to fly with,it seems that even that my bother flew the big twin rotor Chinook CH-47 if heard a distress call from anybody.....he went to help!I knew about the mission he received his DFC & Bronze Star for but I guess that was just normal behavior for him...Hell I guess I 3 heroes in the family!