B-24 Liberator bomber - Willow Run
hope it opens for you! I know its a bit off topic, but after watching, you Ford boys may want to go out to the old Ford truck and salute. as it's got a little of Willow Run in it. A good vid...
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My Dad was a Radio Operator on a B-24 out of England towards the end of the war but never really talked much about it. I was too young and dumb while he was still alive to ask any real questions, he passed when I was in the Navy at age 19.
About a year ago we went to the service for Cathy's Dads cousin who was a very quiet man of obvious character I met at a couple family functions. During the service they described his life and it turns out he was a Captain in the Army who went up Omaha Beach in the second wave. Within a month he was sent home wounded with a Silver Star. He never talked about any details of his battle prowess even to his children, in fact no one at the service knew any details. Cathy and I were talking about Normandy and I suggested she watch Saving Private Ryan, as Tom Hanks Company is pinned on the beach on of his soldiers turns in desperation and screams, Captain Miller your orders please! Her relatives name was Carter Miller, talk about the hair on the neck standing up.
About a year ago we went to the service for Cathy's Dads cousin who was a very quiet man of obvious character I met at a couple family functions. During the service they described his life and it turns out he was a Captain in the Army who went up Omaha Beach in the second wave. Within a month he was sent home wounded with a Silver Star. He never talked about any details of his battle prowess even to his children, in fact no one at the service knew any details. Cathy and I were talking about Normandy and I suggested she watch Saving Private Ryan, as Tom Hanks Company is pinned on the beach on of his soldiers turns in desperation and screams, Captain Miller your orders please! Her relatives name was Carter Miller, talk about the hair on the neck standing up.
