In light of the "99%".....here's an interesting website about the 100th (Bomb Group, Heavy) WWII

[A HERETIC I AM]

Lots of pictures, lots of details, populated by ordinary guys, doing extraordinary things, 65+ years ago. If you are an aviation enthusiast, or interested in the history of WWII, check this out;


http://www.100thbg.com/index.htm


So many WWII vets are passing away every day, it is astounding. Soon, they'll all be gone.

Those guys, and all the rest that fought and died and bled in that war were the "99%" too.

[Amonester]

1. And so was my Dad. Thanks for a great link! n t

[A HERETIC I AM]

6. You're welcome. Glad you liked it. n/t

[sce56]

2. Yep my dad was there also CBI His picture was featured in Yank Magazine doing Nose Art on a B29

But this woman was not the real model she was a USO girl passing through I used to have a picture of him doing the work and a nurse was on a ladder close by posing. He would have been 101 next Dec but passed on ten years ago.

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. That is VERY cool.

I really love the nose art of that era.

Some was very simple and some was quite involved. The guys that painted it were no doubt talented.

[sce56]

11. Yes it is and he would not have missed the boat in LA I would not be here today

He was supposed to ship out with a infantry div out of LA but was tossed in the pokey and missed the beach head of Anzio. He would have never met my mother if that had happened! These were two of his works in India.

[Common Sense Party]

3. That is way cool. I'm so glad the internet has allowed the loved ones

and descendants of these great heroes to post something about them and remember their service.

[A HERETIC I AM]

8. It never ceases to amaze me the things one can find in these tubes!

Hope you're well, man.

The new gig is keeping me pretty much in the South East, so it is unlikely I'll be back out your way for quite a while. I miss the mountains, but the pay is much better!

[Common Sense Party]

12. Gotta go where the pay is good.

Plus, being in the SE should let you see home more often, no?

[needledriver]

4. My Dad is at a reunion

of his WW2 bomber unit this week. He said it may well be the last reunion they do...

http://www.801492.org/FirstTimers.htm

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. Neat.

Well...neat he's at the reunion.

I understand the thought that it may be their last. Hell, if those guys were in their early 20's in the 1940's, they are all in their 80's and 90's now, eh?

My dad was on a Navy Hospital ship in WWII. To my knowledge, he never attended any kind of reunion of his shipmates. He passed away in 2000, at 75 years old.

[MineralMan]

5. Nice. I sent the link to my father, who was a B-17 pilot in a

different bomb group than that in WWII. He'll enjoy looking at the site. He's 87, now, and still working on his citrus farm in CA with my mother. I'll see them at Thanksgiving, thank goodness.

[A HERETIC I AM]

10. Glad you like it.

I hope your father is well. Enjoy your time with him. It becomes entirely too short, in hindsight, trust me.

[MineralMan]

14. Yes. I'm painfully aware that I don't have a lot of time left

with my parents. Both of them are reasonably healthy at 87, but the inevitable isn't far off. I try my very best to make all of that time worthwhile. My wife's mother is also in her 80s, which is why we moved to Minnesota, we were here for her father's final three years. My two siblings still live in the CA town where my parents live. Those are the truly important things, and all we really have, in the end.

[AverageJoe90]

13. My great uncle Vernon fought the Japanese.

He didn't get to see the end of the war, though, he was shot down somewhere over the Pacific(can't remember exactly where, though).