Post A Photo Of Your WWII Relative (1 Viewer)

[PanzerAce1944]

Here is a photo of my Grandfather John who took basic training at Fort Dix, N.J. After graduating basic training he remained there and was a TC ....... "Training Corporal" helping to get troops ready for the Invasion of France. They never called it "D-Day" but again the "Invasion Of France" He landed at Normandy D-Day +1 and made his way through Europe till a few months after the wars end, just over 18 months. He lived till he turned 74 years old.

 

[mikemiller1955]

Wayne...cool pic...he kind of looks like you...^&grin

 

[Poppo]

My grandfather was a young judge when he was called to the navy. He was officier in the italian information service in Dalmatia, ex Jugoslavia. After the italian armistice in september 43 he came back to Italy and was a judge again.As most of italians he was not made for war {sm4}

 

[hotel3alpha]

Gents,

Great thread!!! Here is a pic of Private Matilde Rodriguez USAAF, 1943. My mom's Dad and my Grandfather. He was apart of the Bomber Unit here at Kelly Field in San Antonio. I believe he was a cook, but I have other shots of him that say different...don't know...he died after he returned from cancer. So, know one in the family really knows what he did. He did not speak of it. Anyway, they deployed to the Pacific and I got his medals and flag. His flag is made out of clothe and has 48 stars! Check out the swagger.


John from Texas

 

[mestell]

Here are a few photos of my father (Richard E. Estell, Torpedoman's Mate 2nd Class) and the Submarine he served on (USS Scabbardfish, SS397):



Dad on left w/shipmate Cowgill



The "SCABBY" on patrol

 

[mestell]

Here are a couple of photos of my wife's Uncle (Theodore "Ted" Polite, Co. B, 832nd Engineering Aviation Battalion)



Ted on right with unidentified comrade in front of a B-17

 

[PanzerAce1944]

John, Mestell, Poppo, Glad to see you all have jumped in and added your pics to this thread. Enjoyed viewing your pics and am looking forward to other forum
members posting theirs !

 

[wwiibuff]

Here's a photo of my grandfather and my mom upon his return from the war in Europe. He was a Captain in Patton's 3rd Army. Also, an article about my grandfather (where my name comes from) and his encounter with General Patton in an old news article by Loran Smith.

 

[hotel3alpha]

This is a great thread! Keep posting Gents!

John from Texas

 

[PanzerAce1944]

This is a great thread! Keep posting Gents!

John from Texas

My sentiments exactly ! Any other photo's to share with the forum ?

 

[zblang]

Grandpa Julius Lang - 1st generation servingg his country in China during WWII (Army Intelligence). After the war he joined the FBI narcotics division. When he showed up home, beaten to a pulp, Grandma Lang said enough of this BS and he opened a pharmacy in Long Island!

Great Uncle Lou with his brothers on leave back in the USA

 

[Obee]

I've got a couple to share:

My mother:

No 887851 Sgt. W.C. (Molly) Fallshaw
Royal Air Force
Served as a cook in England 1939-1946

My father in-law

Gnr. Spencer Stanley
Royal Artillery
Served in BEF, captured in Calais France 1940, then a POW in Germany & Poland until 1945

Also my father served with the Australian Merchant Navy running convoys to the Middle East and SE Asia.

John

 

[PanzerAce1944]

Anyone else care to add their own photos.............................. :wink2:

 

[LTC PaulN]

My Great Uncle, Stan Narowski. He served in North Africa, Sicily, Omaha Beach, across Europe, and then on Okinawa. Later he fought in Korea.



Stan's brother, Wally, a Navigator in B-24's in the Pacific.