Squadron: H.Q. SQUADRON
Position: I WAS A LINK TRAINER OPERATOR.
Served: FROM NADZAB VALLEY TO WARS END.
Originally from: ILLINOIS
Training:
KEESLER FIELD MISS. --CHANUTE FIELD ILL. KEARNS UTAH. --THEN OVERSEAS AS
A REPLACEMENT.
Citations/Medals: MY DISCHARGE PAPERS ARE NOT HANDY AT THIS TIME.
Planes:
Number of Missions: NONE
Most poignant, sad or touching memory of the war:
NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS.
Funniest or most fun memory of the war:
I HAD SOME TERRIFIC BUDDIES. SADLY MOST ARE DEAD.
Any odd or strange memories from the war:
WHAT KIND OF A QUESTION IS THAT.
Most heroic thing I saw or did:
TOO PERSONAL.
Where I was and how I celebrated when I learned the war was
over:
I WAS ON IE SHIMA---THE MEDICS GAVE EVERYBODY A STIFF DRINK OF
ALCOHOL---MEDICINAL OF COURSE.
How having gone to war has affected me, what comes to mindwhen I think
of the war:
EVERYBODY WAS AFFECTED BY THAT DAMN WAR---SOME PHYSICAL --SOME PSYCHOLOGICAL
AND OF COURSE A LOT OF FINE YOUNG MEN GAVE THEIR LIVES.
To future generations:
I DONT THINK I SHOULD ANSWER THAT QUESTION HERE.