War Russian Infantryman
War Russian Infantryman
Did anyone of your family fight in WWII?In what combat arm?
My great-grand father (Mom's grandpa) was an infantryman (he was killed during the War).
My grand father (my Dad's father) was a sailor.
I'm Russian, so both of them were Soviet.
I'm interested in a way our generation is binded with that time through the relative bounds,
I've already asked my friends in Russia and decided to ask here to get more info about other countries.
forget to mention my grandma - the sailor's wife - she was a nurse.
My Dad was in the 8th Air Force for over 3 1/2 years. He was based at Mendlesham, England. He quit High School right after Pearl and lied about his age. (16) When he went home and told his mother - she marched him back there and yelled at the recruiting officer "do you know how old he is? etc. etc." (He was her first born, born when SHE was 16.)
The guy told her "He told us he was 18 - he's 18 - he's ours." They wouldn't let him leave (he didn't want to) so she came back the next day with his underwear, toiletries, etc. They immediately got him out of Buffalo and sent him to Florida.
Daddy served with the 8th Air Force for the rest of the War. He spent a total of approximately 3 years in England - Mendlesham - but came "home" a few times - once to train others on the use of the Norden (sp?) bomb sight, and once to learn how to fly the C-35 (I think), a transport plane.
He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Silver Star x2 and the Purple Heart x3, Also a Dutch Medal of Honor and the Croix de Guerre (sp.) from the French-these for returning Displaced Persons to France and Holland after War's end.
When the War in Europe was over he was in London and sent home immediately. In July '45 he had to report to New York City to ship out to the Pacific. He was in Times Square when they announced Japan's surrender. He was on board the Queen Mary ready to ship out when we dropped the bombs on Japan leading to their surrender.
Because he had so many "points" there was no chance he would be called up for Korea. Thank God.
My Grandfather, mother and aunt worked at Curtiss-Wright (aircraft). My Grandfather was the Personnel Director and my mother and aunt - still in College - painted the dashboards of the fighter planes with luminescent paint which contained toulamine - highly carcinogenic - both of them have VERY badly scarred lungs - but no one knew that at the time.
My Grandma - the one who screamed - worked at another Curtiss-Wright plant where she was, literally, Rosie the Riveter. She wore her pants under her skirt because no "lady" should be seen on the street wearing pants.
My father's cousin went down with the Arizona at Pearl Harbor.
I had two uncles who were in the Army - one in the JAG Corps and one was a Quartermaster.
We were blessed to only lose our sailor.
I'm so pleased to hear from another person - especially from the Soviet side - who agrees with my position that we are forever touched by the events of that horrific War. Your people lost more than any other Country, and had it not been for them, Hitler would have taken Europe.
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