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appalachiablue

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4. Great record and that's a fine photo. Where did your dad train

Reply to DemoTex (Reply #1)

Mon Dec 14, 2020, 08:42 PM

Dec 2020

in the states? When did he ship over and back?

My dad went to OCS training with mom in the Wilmington, NC area and El Paso, Texas.

He departed NY in Dec. 1944, trained in Bournemouth, England and then shipped over to Omaha Beach in Normandy, Dec. 1945.

So glad he made it thru, although there were some damages. When he returned mom was surprised to see him with long hair almost to his shoulders and wearing a shortened Eisenhower- syle coat.

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German 88 Flak Guns Used By Nazis In WWII, Color Action Scenes [View all] appalachiablue Dec 2020 OP

My dad was a 7th Army artillery officer, too. DemoTex Dec 2020 #1

Great record and that's a fine photo. Where did your dad train appalachiablue Dec 2020 #4

He was Auburn ROTC .. DemoTex Dec 2020 #11

Another great photo, a well deserved good time in Rome. In college appalachiablue Dec 2020 #16

yeah, the 88's were universally feared..... getagrip_already Dec 2020 #2

I can't blame them after researching these monster guns a bit. appalachiablue Dec 2020 #7

as a rule, returning vets who saw action never spoke much about it.... getagrip_already Dec 2020 #9

That's the consensus I know, not talk about it and sadly appalachiablue Dec 2020 #13

So your Dads, like mine SCantiGOP Dec 2020 #3

Absolutely. And Gen. Eisenhower was The Antifa! appalachiablue Dec 2020 #6

Willy and Joe didn't like 'em ThoughtCriminal Dec 2020 #5

Good cartoon, thanks. appalachiablue Dec 2020 #8

My dad talked about the 88's he encountered in the war too. marked50 Dec 2020 #10

That was a seriously dangerous winter esp. Market Garden and appalachiablue Dec 2020 #14

My dad was 5th Armored. Wounded in Hurtgen Forest where they used 88s. Sneederbunk Dec 2020 #12

Hurtgen Forest was horrible, what a winter. Glad your dad appalachiablue Dec 2020 #15