June 6th

[Gwitness]

Uncle I never met......KIA in the defense of Darwin, His younger brother was a plank owner on the USS South Dakota.

 

[vito]

I had an uncle who lost his eye as a rifleman in the fighting around Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge. As a kid I didn't know enough to give that man the respect that he deserved. But I know he was proud of me, which was ironic, when I was in Vietnam in his old unit, the 101st Airborne Division. My experience was nothing like his from D-Day through the surrender of Germany. Like most WW2 vets, he almost never mentioned his military service.

 

[Fox Mike]

My uncle parachuted in with the 82nd Airborne. He was one of the fortunate ones that got to come home.