A true hero...

MikeP · 01-16-2011, 01:14 PM

My dad toured Europe with the 506th.
Not E Company, but similar experience.
He died in 1956, but many of his letters had been preserved by my grandmother.
Inspired me to go Airborne.
He had very bitter feelings after seeing the camps and had a lot of pics he took at one.
He made a lot of negative remarks from the time they were in Austria waiting to rotate home.
Both grandfathers had to leave the farm in 1917 for France as well.

Still some WW2 guys serving in SF in the late 60s including some Axis guys.
It was amazing getting to know some legendary characters as associates and team mates.

01-16-2011, 01:14 PM	#8
MikeP User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: ILL Posts: 686 Thanks: 36 Thanked 452 Times in 198 Posts	My dad toured Europe with the 506th. Not E Company, but similar experience. He died in 1956, but many of his letters had been preserved by my grandmother. Inspired me to go Airborne. He had very bitter feelings after seeing the camps and had a lot of pics he took at one. He made a lot of negative remarks from the time they were in Austria waiting to rotate home. Both grandfathers had to leave the farm in 1917 for France as well. Still some WW2 guys serving in SF in the late 60s including some Axis guys. It was amazing getting to know some legendary characters as associates and team mates.