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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: Rash on April 30, 2011, 03:42:36 PM
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I have been scanning a lot family pictures for reunion the is summer. I ran across this one of my mom's oldest brother. He started out in North Africa, and was wounded by a mortar round in Italy. He got to come for a little while, and was sent back. He's the one on the right. Not sure the name of the Sgt.
(http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj41/cooked2008/juniorontherightandarmybuddy.jpg)
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Awesome!!!!! Thank you for sharing.
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I asked him how he was wounded one time.
He said they always did harassment fire. They would hang an old blanket in front of the machine gun and fire at an enemy position. sometimes the enemy fired back.
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what is his name?
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Frank O. Littlefield also known as junior. He lived till about 1988.
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:salute
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Frank O. Littlefield also known as junior. He lived till about 1988.
What state is he from?
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Oklahoma.
Also the same state Chuck Norris was born. :cool:
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I asked him how he was wounded one time.
He said they always did harassment fire. They would hang an old blanket in front of the machine gun and fire at an enemy position. sometimes the enemy fired back.
Some stories I'll share with the Community from my grandfather who was USMC from 43-46. He was involved on the 1st wave on Guam, 2nd wave on Okinawa and later was involved in China.
When my grandfather was on Okinawa, his bivy ended up doing some laundry and washed their blankets. Overnight they hung them out on some rope they had saved along the way, since their was finally a gentle breeze. He said: "We woke and there just a slight breeze and all of sudden they heard a machine gun firing from the opposite side of the blankets. We ducked down, grabbed our rifles and to our amazement the bullets were falling on the ground after hitting the blankets." They rallied with their Platoon and took care of the machine gun nest. He continued: "We came back to find about 100+ rounds on the ground directly below the blankets and only a single bullet hole. If it didn't happen to us, we wouldn't have believed it."
Another good one from his days on Okinawa:
"I had been assigned to blowing trees up. The Japanese were either digging up our lines or climbing the trees to cut the lines. So the brass decided to eliminate the trees altogether. This Colonel showed up and handed my buddy and I a bunch of dynamite. He said to use one stick per tree. After a few hours we came to this tree and when we dug up the taproot to place a stick under, we both stepped back. I said: 'I'm looking at the size of this taproot and there is no way one stick will do it.' My buddy Shimries looked at me and said: 'I think you're right. How much do you think it will need?' We looked at the root a few times and figured that four sticks of dynamite would do the trick. We set the sticks in, buried them and lit the fuse. No sooner than about minus 10 seconds, this same Colonel arrived in his Jeep to the waving arms of many Marines to stop. Just as he did, the tree shot up out of sight and landed 30 feet from his Jeep. The Colonel called us over, cussed us out and asked what happened. We told him and he asked why did you use so much. I asked if he knew how much we should be using for roughly a two foot diameter taproot and the Colonel answered 'No, but dang it watch it'.
My grandfather always said the Colonel was just upset that he only did it because he dove under his Jeep. :rofl
R.I.P. PFC Charles A. Freuchtel (1918-1998) USMC 43-46. I think of him everyday and can share more if you'd like.
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Oklahoma.
Also the same state Chuck Norris was born. :cool:
Nothing on him on here. http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&subpage=search (http://www.wwiimemorial.com/default.asp?page=registry.asp&subpage=search)
You can register him if you have any records of his service.
Here is what my dad's father did. http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=1690772&popcount=3&tcount=4 (http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=1690772&popcount=3&tcount=4)
And my dad's uncle. http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=1571281&popcount=9&tcount=18 (http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=1571281&popcount=9&tcount=18)
Wife side of the family.
http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=538554&popcount=133&tcount=208 (http://www.wwiimemorial.com/registry/search/pframe.asp?HonoreeID=538554&popcount=133&tcount=208)
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My mom is in front of her mom, she was born in 41, Jr is beside gandma. This when he got to come home from the mortar rounds to his back.
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Oak, our relatives might of severed side by side. I plan on asking more questions at the reunion. I've used that sight before, but it said my great grandad served in ww1. He was born in 1878.
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Good stuff :aok
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:aok
:salute
Old-timers getting some respect. :old:
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Oak, our relatives might of severed side by side. I plan on asking more questions at the reunion. I've used that sight before, but it said my great grandad served in ww1. He was born in 1878.
Yea, try to get as much info you can.
My wife side who was a POW in Germany (Edmund "Eddie" Pfannenstiel) As soon as they where liberated, the Army reenact the liberation showing a Sherman tank rolling down the road to the camp. And all the German solders, staff and CO waiting to be POW where in the film. It also Eddie having the German CO handed his Luger to him. Long story how he became chief man of confidence, but to make it short, Eddie is a Volga German. He spoke fluent German so well that the Germans let him walk out of the camp, escorted, into town for supply. A great story i have to post on the whole thing. I am glad i met and shook his hands, unfortunate i did not know about his service in the war till after he pasted away. :salute
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:salute :aok... why they are the greatest generation.
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Oklahoma.
Also the same state Chuck Norris was born. :cool:
:salute 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.
:salute to all vets.
bortas
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Oklahoma.
Also the same state Chuck Norris was born. :cool:
Was he 45th Infantry Division?
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:salute 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.
:salute to all vets.
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Was he with Mcarthur in 1941-42 before they retreated from the Japanese advancement?
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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
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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.
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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.
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Pretty amazing how the soldiers in uniform look so much like they do in recent movies.
The uniform is timeless.