Monday, December 20, 2010

And now a few things for the World War 2 guys

An end of the war newspaper thats been in my family since 1945.
My father died a few years back, during the war he  was stationed at Iwo Jima and Guadacanal. A friend of my fathers who was a major during the war got all my fathers medals for him just a few years ago, because the originals never made it home.
My father carried this map with him the whole time he was in the South Pacific.

8 comments:

  1. Great stuff; says a lot that his friend, an officer, made sure your Dad got his medals - finally. Respects, Dean

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  2. Nice set of medals....he must have seen his share of the action. Nice to finally have such a memento.
    Cheers
    Paul

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  3. A very fine post with even finer images. You have so many wonderful images on your site, but the photograph of your Father's medals and honours is perhaps very best.

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  4. Excellent. Both my grandfathers were in the infantry in the pacific. I have a frame like yours, I should post a picture.

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  5. Thats a nice memento, the map is also quite interesting.

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  6. Nice to have such things. I also have stuff from my father but from a diferent war. Portuguese Colonial Wars in the 60s/70s.
    Respect.

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  7. Thank you for your comment Captain! But for me, you are a great modeler and also you are more freak then me! With all respect Captain! Great job! Lots of minimum details. Holly Jesus!

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