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<blockquote data-quote="rejectedmom" data-source="post: 251930" data-attributes="member: 2315"><p>Nancy thank you for the link. I thought that my sister had registered my dad but found out he wasn't so I will do that. My father- in- law was there as my sister in law had registered him last May. He was an Air force mechanic and worked on the B17 bombers. He didn't see any actual carnage but said that they used to go out on the airstrip to watch and count the planes returning from a mission just like you see in the movies. He said it was very devastating when a plane didn't return. They usually never knew for certain what happened to the men involved. Consequently he said that he and his buds spent many moments wondering if the flight crew had survived, were captured or died. I will say my father in law does have some wild stories about his and his buddies antics while on leave. We even have a pictue of him on one of his leaves when he got drunk and had his portrait taken in a Scottish KILT of all things. He is of Hungarian decent LOL. Now the poor man is dying of late stage Alshimer's and often thinks he is back in the war. He will join his wife out in Calverton National Cemetary when he passes on. (That is where my parents are also). I guess I will be hearing the horns playing taps once again. Hopefully for his sake it will be soon. -RM</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="rejectedmom, post: 251930, member: 2315"] Nancy thank you for the link. I thought that my sister had registered my dad but found out he wasn't so I will do that. My father- in- law was there as my sister in law had registered him last May. He was an Air force mechanic and worked on the B17 bombers. He didn't see any actual carnage but said that they used to go out on the airstrip to watch and count the planes returning from a mission just like you see in the movies. He said it was very devastating when a plane didn't return. They usually never knew for certain what happened to the men involved. Consequently he said that he and his buds spent many moments wondering if the flight crew had survived, were captured or died. I will say my father in law does have some wild stories about his and his buddies antics while on leave. We even have a pictue of him on one of his leaves when he got drunk and had his portrait taken in a Scottish KILT of all things. He is of Hungarian decent LOL. Now the poor man is dying of late stage Alshimer's and often thinks he is back in the war. He will join his wife out in Calverton National Cemetary when he passes on. (That is where my parents are also). I guess I will be hearing the horns playing taps once again. Hopefully for his sake it will be soon. -RM [/QUOTE]
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