The WWII B-17 Who Dat

vpheughan · 07-09-2019, 12:12 PM

Discovered this yesterday:

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jeanpierre · 07-09-2019, 02:29 PM

Amazing Generation. While it's not that far a flight to the coast, heroic the pilot made sure he dropped the crew at the base and THEN safely swung that big plane in that condition safely out to sea...

My Dad's Shriners Clown Unit would meet at our house and I'd hear stories like this from veterans all the time; Guadalcanal, D-Day, Bastogne, Iwo Jima - as I've gotten older, my appreciation has grown...

SmashMouth · 07-10-2019, 07:29 AM

Champagne region... where my father was born and raised. I also spent many a summer there as a youth before coming to America.

vpheughan · 07-10-2019, 07:38 AM

My dad was a Captain in the 102nd "Ozarks" and wounded in the battle of the Ardennes . He was hit by shrapnel just below his left knee and tended to by a captured German doctor. Interestingly I have birth mark that looks like his scar but on my right knee! He didn't speak much of his war experience. I became interested in WWII while doing research on his outfit.

jeanpierre · 07-10-2019, 10:55 AM

Originally Posted by vpheughan

My dad was a Captain in the 102nd "Ozarks" and wounded in the battle of the Ardennes . He was hit by shrapnel just below his left knee and tended to by a captured German doctor. Interestingly I have birth mark that looks like his scar but on my right knee! He didn't speak much of his war experience. I became interested in WWII while doing research on his outfit.

Those guys never got the press, but their ability to handle the pivot stopped, negated the German CounterAttack. That was one tough group of men...

07-09-2019, 12:12 PM	#1
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07-09-2019, 02:29 PM	#2
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: The WWII B-17 Who Dat Amazing Generation. While it's not that far a flight to the coast, heroic the pilot made sure he dropped the crew at the base and THEN safely swung that big plane in that condition safely out to sea... My Dad's Shriners Clown Unit would meet at our house and I'd hear stories like this from veterans all the time; Guadalcanal, D-Day, Bastogne, Iwo Jima - as I've gotten older, my appreciation has grown... SmashMouth likes this.

07-10-2019, 07:29 AM	#3
SmashMouth I donated, did you? Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Mandeville, LA Posts: 38,125 Blog Entries: 29	Re: The WWII B-17 Who Dat Champagne region... where my father was born and raised. I also spent many a summer there as a youth before coming to America. jeanpierre likes this.

07-10-2019, 07:38 AM	#4
vpheughan 1000 Posts + Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 4,520	Re: The WWII B-17 Who Dat My dad was a Captain in the 102nd "Ozarks" and wounded in the battle of the Ardennes . He was hit by shrapnel just below his left knee and tended to by a captured German doctor. Interestingly I have birth mark that looks like his scar but on my right knee! He didn't speak much of his war experience. I became interested in WWII while doing research on his outfit. SmashMouth likes this.
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07-10-2019, 10:55 AM	#5
jeanpierre Site Donor 2018 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Thibodaux Posts: 43,543 Blog Entries: 39	Re: The WWII B-17 Who Dat Originally Posted by vpheughan My dad was a Captain in the 102nd "Ozarks" and wounded in the battle of the Ardennes . He was hit by shrapnel just below his left knee and tended to by a captured German doctor. Interestingly I have birth mark that looks like his scar but on my right knee! He didn't speak much of his war experience. I became interested in WWII while doing research on his outfit. Those guys never got the press, but their ability to handle the pivot stopped, negated the German CounterAttack. That was one tough group of men... st thomas likes this.

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