Tribute to those who served... (1 Viewer)

[Peter Reuss]

Many who saw action in the military lived to come home, yet lived with the scars that war brings upon people.

This is a tribute to those who served and came home again.

George Reuss (my grandfather), US Marines, Signalman, Pacific Theater (WWII)

James Bantz (step grandfather), Medic in European Theater (WWII) and Korea.

Aaron Szuberski (friend), Army mechanic, currently serving in Iraq

Tanya Reiman (friend), Army Nurse, home from Iraq

 

[seargent major shut up]

john patrick ward (father) royal navy stoker ww2 HMS wager

john jones (uncle) gunner ww2

burt ward (uncle) infantry ww2

capt david ward (uncle) all over the world late 1950s -1980

john patrick ward (grandfather) infantry ww1

robert jones (grandfather) infantry ww1 he came back but he left one leg behind
dont know about regiments of my uncles and granddads all the wards came from ireland and the joneses from wales

 

[theBaron]

WWII:
James Tognoli, aircraft mechanic, 20th Air Force
Bernard Tognoli, Seabee in the USN
Gaetano Fonzone, USAAF, ETO
Frank Drajic, seaman in the USN
William James, USN
Kermit Trout, rifleman, US Army

Uncle Kermit lied about his age to enlist with his buddies, all from Allentown. Then, after boot camp, he was told he was being sent for training to be a medical corpsman. He told his CO he wanted to go with his friends, who were all assigned to a rifle company, and that anyway, he couldn't stand the sight of blood. So he joined them, landed at Omaha, and managed to make it all the way to a small town in Bavaria by the end of the war, where he climbed out a window in the Rathaus and cut down the swastika banner as a trophy. It wasn't until he passed away 2 years ago that we learned that he earned 2 Bronze Stars and a Silver Star. I always liked that story, and regret that we didn't record more of them.

Korea:
George James, USN

Vietnam:
Charles Fonzone, Jr, Captain, USMC, commanded a mortar detachment.

I thank God that they all came back safely to us.

 

[Toy Soldier Brigade]

My Second Cousins Son

CLASS, Francis Edgar Sea2c

USS Juneau CL-52, Battle Of Guadal Canal November 1942

 

[PolarBear]

My dad:

Raymond Ives Bond
Staff Sgt. US Army WWII
Replacement & School Command
Camp Croft
Spartanburg, South Carolina

 

[Louis Badolato]

My late Uncle Leo Badolato, USN, WWII, Normandy invasion (brought home a war bride from Liverpool, my favorite Aunt Margaret, lived to a ripe old age).

My Uncle Dominic Badolato, US Army, Korean War, two purple Hearts.

My father, Joseph Badolato, USN, Korean War Era.

Jack Farish, US Army Korean War.

Rick Spinelli, US Marines and US Army, Vietnam Veteran (two tours), career military.

Doug Luna, US Marines, Vietnam Veteran (big toy soldier collector).

My good friend Chris Sybert, US Army Major, Operation Desert Storm, presently stationed at Fort Knox (the Armor School).

All our great friends on this forum, especially Chuck Harris.

 

[Capitolron]

My thoughts will be of my Father - 1st Lt. Leonard L. Phillips - who served in the United States Army Air Corps / Air Force - during World War II - Pacific Theater

A Great Man who served his Country well.

 

[Njja]

Francis Clark 1st Lt killed on D-day my mothers 1st husband.

Mike Adivari WW2 Bronze Star my dad.

Lester Danchez Vietnam kia my friend.

Njja

 

[Al Fisher]

father . . . RADM Alvan Fisher USNR - WW1, WW2, Bronze Star
father-in-law . . . SGT Samual Singer USA - KIA WW2, Silver Star awarded posthumously

uncle . . . SSGT Frederic A. Fisher USA, - WW2
uncle . . . LT Charles M. Boteler USA, - WW1
first cousin . . . Pvt Charles M. Boteler USMC, - WW2
first cousin . . . William Boteler USA, CIA - assasinated in Cyprus, Cold War
me . . . LTjg, USNR - Cold War

Al

 

[Currahee Chris]

father . . . RADM Alvan Fisher USNR - WW1, WW2, Bronze Star
father-in-law . . . SGT Samual Singer USA - KIA WW2, Silver Star awarded posthumously

uncle . . . SSGT Frederic A. Fisher USA, - WW2
uncle . . . LT Charles M. Boteler USA, - WW1
first cousin . . . Pvt Charles M. Boteler USMC, - WW2
first cousin . . . William Boteler USA, CIA - assasinated in Cyprus, Cold War
me . . . LTjg, USNR - Cold War

Al

Mr. Fisher,

that is quite a list sir. For those of you who may be interested , you can read about Mr. William Boteler's service to our great nation and his Agency Star of Remembrance in The Book of Honor by Ted Gup

In a couple weeks, it will be five years since my buddy Andy left us. I hope to someday measure up to him.

http://www.fallenheroesmemorial.com/oif/profiles/pokornyandrewr.html

 

[seargent major shut up]

its now i think of my dad he went through all that to die of a man made disease in 1982 don't ignor my this time guys i was 16 and i miss him every day

 

[steel wheels]

My older brother Larry served 3 years in the Army, and two of those in Vietnam. He came home with two purple hearts for battle injuries. He survived a Huey Helicopter crash, and was shot in the arm. He was one of the lucky ones.

 

[OzDigger]

Corporal Arch Green: Grandfather, served in 12th Australian Light Horse and later in the ANZAC Provost Corps during WWI.

Flying Officer Peter Green: Father, served with RAAF 460 Squadron and later with RAF 156 Pathfinder Squadron during WWII.

He is third from left below:

 

[Louis Badolato]

Wow, Oz! Your family certainly has a great tradition of military service!! You should ask Andy or Rick to make your father's plane!

 

[OzDigger]

Wow, Oz! Your family certainly has a great tradition of military service!! You should ask Andy or Rick to make your father's plane!

Thanks Louis, but wait there's more

My father's brother was training as a fighter pilot in Canada when the war ended and my eldest brother had nearly finished his army training for Vietnam when that 'conflict' ended. His son recently did two years in the Australian Defense Academy in Canberra but then got side-tracked with girls etc I did apply for the Army when I left school but I was to young and I got into finance etc, but I have always had a major interest in military history.

As for the Lancaster above (O-Orange? I guess), according to my father he/his crew never flew in it and it was just a random Lanc they used as a backdrop. RAF/RAAF bomber crews never had their own aircraft as such due to repairs, servicing etc, and were alloted to a random aircraft on the night of the operation.

Btw, when my wife's cousin visited from Texas a few weeks ago he mentioned that he had one son in the US Navy and another is a Captain in the US Army who is currently in Iraq (technically they are his step sons being his wife's from a previous marriage).

 

[damian]

Ronald Fredrick Lutge (My father in law) Sgt in Royal Natal Carabineers. 1940-45. Desert, Italy

Willie Florens Wife's great uncle. SA division in France 1914-1918. Listed as present during teh Battle of Delville Wood.

Chico Luiz ( Uncle) Mechanice in RAF 1955-1965. Subsequently mechanic in another RAF (The Rhodesian Airforce) for entire period of the bush war.
He helped keep those Canberra bombers and Alouette choppers flying despite sanctions for on and off 12 years.

 

[damian]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7430622.stm

Here is an interesting story.

 

[kilted vampire]

Ivan Benedict USN WWII still kicking tender age of 86 gfs father
Rev. Roger D. Stevens USAAF WWII tailgunner deceased Former father in law.
Kohlas Capt, USN also deceased but one heck of a nice man to a scrawny kid in the neighborhood. Never really knew his first name. Called him "Sir" and "Captain"

 

[Col. Hesler]

Today, 64 years ago, D-Day was underway. We should all take a moment of silence out of our days and remember all those who fought, and for the hundreds upon thousands who gave their lives.

 

[Peter Reuss]

With many new people on the forum in the past few years, it's appropriate to bump this thread and allow other names to be added as a way of thanking them for their service.