welcome Clark! Tell us more about your Dad!
welcome!
My father in law was an ack ack man as you call it. US Army 407th AAA Gun BN (semi mobile) they were positioned outside of Antwerp Belgium and...
very interesting story-quite a time for a young chap to grow up in thats for sure! I have read that Japan had eyes on invading Australia as part...
All of Dads wartime pictures have this stamp on the back.........[ATTACH]
65th Engineer Camp- New Georgia Island 1943[ATTACH]
A hand grenade brings up a fish dinner for some of the guys of the 65th Combat Engineers-New Georgia Island 1943[ATTACH]
Im not sure what that was in the pic- here is one of a few of the guys of the 65th goofing around with a AAA gun they ran into on New georgia...
65th combat engineers making a road out of the jungle = [ATTACH]New Georgia is 1943
"on the line" with c company 65th combat engineers [ATTACH]New Georgia IS 1943
thanks yes, it was ft belvior. the only red and white that I have is ribbon on the seal embossed on his promotion to SSGT in oct 41. I will try to...
Here is a late war pic of my father in law SGt Ewald Hessinger C battery 407th Gun BN (SM) At age 89 Dad is alive and kicking and only just...
This was painted on the wood lid of a K Ration box by a german POW for my father in law SGT Ewald Hessinger 407th AAA Gun BN (SM) C Battery. The...
WAR PRIZE New Georgia IS 1943[ATTACH]
a solider of the 65th Engineers and a native child New georgia Is 1943[ATTACH]
the cover of one of Moms ration books 1943[ATTACH]
Dad in uniform[ATTACH] cir 1950
Dad in a late 1930' pic[ATTACH]
Christmas Day Guadalcanal 1942 _some of the men of the 65th Engineers Dad is kneeling, 1st on left[ATTACH]
a welcome relief-a shower! SSGt Reed Buchanan Guadlcanal 1943[ATTACH]
