I will say this. My grandfather never often spoke of his service. He did share a tale with my uncle about an experience he had had. He and his men...
My mother recalls growing up that her father (a WWII vet) had a large, multi-volume set of WWII history or encyclopedia books. They had red and...
I know a lot of footage was shot both on the homefront and on the battlefield during WWII by both professional and amateur filmmakers - I was...
They did hand over what we asked for readily; I think we went to the VA where he was treated and died in, gave his death certificate, my mother's...
A question. My mother and I got some records (for family medical history) of my grandfather's hospitalization at the local VA. He was hospitalized...
I've tried all the things you guys have suggested...I'm coming up empty. I think if I could find some itinerary from 1942 of USO shows (I would...
I have a couple of questions about U.S.O. events during WWII 1) Would U.S.O. events have been filmed in any official way, especially if...
Army. Joined 16th March 1945. That's all it says on the Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS death file on Ancestry.com
A relative of mine (Grand-Uncle) was born in August 1911 and he enlisted in March 1945 and was discharged in November 1946. I'm curious, being...
It does. Also what might help you here is that his pre-army occupation was listed as a Printer. My grandmother mentioned he had went to school to...
Would be very interested in your observations. If even a good portion of his service and what he might've experienced can be pieced together that...
I believe it was either in Panama at or around Fort Kobbe, or at the Presidio of San Francisco. His military records are scant; most were lost in...
These are some of my grandpa's WWII photos. I wonder (and hope some will) if anyone will recognize a relative here. These are from a USO event in...
His army photos (my grandpa is on right in the first photo) [IMG][IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG]
My grandpa's DD214 form (we have both the original tiny card version and a paper version) list him as 11th Infantry Company F. By 1942 he was a...
Question-- My grandfather was stationed from 1939 to 1943 at Fort Kobbe. It seems, from an allotment letter sent home (for his checks), he was in...
I unfortunately don't have pix of either--My uncle has them and he lives in another state and we haven't talked. But from what I remember, the...
Hi! My uncle has a bunch of my grandfather's stuff from the war. Two curious items interested me (but my uncle doesn't know the history of...
Statistically, what party did the veterans of World War II subscribe to in the '5s, 60s, and 70s? Were WWII veterans generally more conservative...
