Did any of your family fight in WW2? If so what relation and did they survive???

Question

My mothers dad was a medic in africa.....my great uncle was a sergeant in the commandos, he was shot in scicili and because of this his brother (my dads dad) went and signed up at 16. He was told that if he joined and the war ended the next day he would have to stay in for ten years...he did so and ended up in Korea, Palestine and all over Europe. Any intreseting stories???

Answer 1

my father in law fought with the RAF in North Africa.........still alive and kicking at 84 years of age
Uncle in Fleet Air Arm............still alive at 78

Answer 2

My late grandfather was a retired Lt/Col of the USAF, He started out in the army, transferred to the army air corps which later became the USAF. During WWII he piloted B17s out of new Ginny. He was a Manual arts instuctor for the VA, and a school teacher after the war, and passed away in the summer of 2001.

Answer 3

My grandfathers brother served in the army during WW2. He fought in the battle of the bulge and was injured by a grenade. He had to have around 300 stitches...... He survived the war but has died scince then...

Answer 4

My uncle Donald served in the war, and was killed on Iwo Jima at the age of 19 in 1944.

Answer 5

My wife's father served in WW2, but he was lucky enough to be diagnosed with stomach ulcers and spent his time in Northern Ireland of all places, drinking Guinness with the locals!

He survived the War and lived to be 84 ...

Answer 6

My uncle served in africa and palestine driving huge ANTAR transporters with tanks on , later died at the age of 54 from lung cancer, very sad

Answer 7

Actually my grandmother was in one of the concentration camps in Poland at twelve years old, she did survive, and went on to assist the American allies in the O.S. (precursor to CIA) by translating. She is gone now, but we were close and talked about alot of what happened while she was there.

Answer 8

My late grandfather always used to tell me stories. I remember it like it was yesterday. He was an engineer in the army. It made me sad to hear the stories but it made me proud to know that he stood up for his country and put his life on the line.

Answer 9

My dad in WW2 and obviously survived because here i am,he was in the 53rd holding regiment and went all over the world his base was sidcup kent

Answer 10

hello peter D, i see your hat is coming in quite handy there seeing as its getting colder. what happened to 2342346?
well, i'm doing a bit of work for a lady called Helen Bamber , iwont go into details, but read her info by doing a search on her, she was 20 at end of 2nd world war, polish/jewish and suffered due to nazism...she now runs a charity org for victims of torture etc!