Picture of my uncle

[TOMCAT21]

  ... why they are the greatest generation.

[bortas1]

Oklahoma.

Also the same state Chuck Norris was born. 

what town in oklahoma was he from. i live shawnee area. my grandfather on my moms side had 4 kids at the time all under 10. cant remember his classification for that. we still have food ration stamps from that time. but on my dads side no one has been in a war since the war of northren aggestion.
my wifes dad was a ww2 vet in the pto under macarthur. my son has all his medels and such.
  to all vets.
bortas

[1pLUs44]

Oklahoma.

Also the same state Chuck Norris was born. 

Was he 45th Infantry Division?

[oakranger]

what town in oklahoma was he from. i live shawnee area. my grandfather on my moms side had 4 kids at the time all under 10. cant remember his classification for that. we still have food ration stamps from that time. but on my dads side no one has been in a war since the war of northren aggestion.
my wifes dad was a ww2 vet in the pto under macarthur. my son has all his medels and such.
  to all vets.
bortas

Was he with Mcarthur in 1941-42 before they retreated from the Japanese advancement? 

[bortas1]

Was he with Mcarthur in 1941-42 before they retreated from the Japanese advancement? 

my father in law joined up in dallas dec41 or jan42 in a cav unit not sure where they trained at. i remember reading some of his file that he got a accomadation for camoing a machine gun nest. can find where my wife put the rest. but i do remember his unit was a cav unit.
bortas

[kilo2]

My great grandfather was in the first wave (one of the first to hit the beach "not a jap in sight") at Okinawa fought the whole way through. He does not talk about it much but he has talked about it more lately. He does swear by the BAR and hates the M1 garand.

[Rash]

Had the family Reunion this weekend.  He was the with 45 infantry as a machine gunner.  Purple heart and bronze star.  He started out in Africa, after most of the fighting was finished.  Then Sicily, and Anzio.  One of the stories he did tell me was how beautiful the Sistine chapel looked.  The 45th was the first to reach Vatican City.  I read more about the 45th today, and he must of been wounded after Rome and before the invasion of southern France.  His Widow (Aunt Jane) invited me to come and visit with her.  Hope to learn more about my Uncle.

[icepac]

Pretty amazing how the soldiers in uniform look so much like they do in recent movies.

The uniform is timeless.