My wife's gtandmother has the flight logs from her husband, who flew bombers in WWII. I have read a few pages and got the chills.
I hope to be able to borrow them someday and read them chronologically. On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 4:07 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > These are awesome stories you guys.....you really should see about getting > them published somehow (that is, if you think their original author would > approve of such). > > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:04 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> same here, about the book. He never mentioned for instance that he >> helped evacuate the survivors of a concentration camp at the end of >> the European conflict. I got that from the regimental diary. you could >> tell that whoever wrote that, their anger was extreme. >> >> but the stuff he did talk about was funny to say the least, like when >> he was in Italy and taking shelter in a cellar during an artillery >> bombardment. it turned out that the cellar was a wine cellar. So in >> order to deny critical supplies to the Germans, him and his crew >> decided to destry the evidence the best way possible. he said he was >> hung over for several days afterward. >> >> On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 3:33 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > I have all the letters my father wrote to home when he was in the >> > Pacific, and his journal that he kept as well. He served on an LST >> > which hauled troops and equipment used to fix the various airfields >> > and facilities. He was in the Battle of Leyte Gulf, and his ship was >> > sailing toward Japan when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima. He >> > didn't talk much about the more grizzly aspects of his tour of duty, >> > although he did share the story of rescuing Filipino men who had been >> > strung up in trees by the Japanese. >> > >> > I would love to turn his story into a book someday. >> > >> > On Mon, Nov 23, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> >> >> I think I do. >> >> >> >> Good post btw. One little long term project I've been working on has >> >> been researching my father's experience in the second world war, from >> >> marching out of a little Ontario town, then getting sick at the last >> >> minute and missing the troop transport, which was sunk just off the >> >> Irish coast, killing most of the young men from that town. Through to >> >> his experiences in England, Sicily, Italy and North West Europe >> >> (France, Holland and Germany). Most of the things that happened to him >> >> he never told. I eventually discovered then in copies of the >> >> regimental diary or in stuff my mother told me about him. That is the >> >> sort of thing I'd love to see be published. >> > >> > >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:308371 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
