Targets Guy
US Veteran
Same thing on Guam at Anderson AFB; weird seeing the Buffs disappear and then reappear.
TINIAN ISLAND
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carpriver
US Veteran
I remember the ORI's and the mito's. watching the planes rocking and bobbing through the jet wash. I got to do a TDY to Okinawa for arc light. I am an old SAC Trained Killer. Proud of my time in SAC.
model70hunter
Member
Some ww2 vets were close mouthed. Did not want to talk about any thing. After I had been in the service Dad opened up to me. Seemed like he wanted someone to know. He never told my brother, non militwry, anything.
My Uncle Floyd was one of the toughest men you'd ever meet. He loved to fight and barroom fighting was his love. But he never talked about the war.
My Uncle John was wounded on one of the islands. Lost part of his skull and vision in his right eye. He was left handed and was quite the shot. Towards the end for him I asked about his service. It was like opening a book. He told me everything. I wrote his eulogy several years later and his kids asked how I knew all about their Dad. It was simple, I asked him.
When Dad and these 2 uncles were together they did not talk about the war. But they were tight because of their war experience. There was a bond from it.
My Uncle Floyd was one of the toughest men you'd ever meet. He loved to fight and barroom fighting was his love. But he never talked about the war.
My Uncle John was wounded on one of the islands. Lost part of his skull and vision in his right eye. He was left handed and was quite the shot. Towards the end for him I asked about his service. It was like opening a book. He told me everything. I wrote his eulogy several years later and his kids asked how I knew all about their Dad. It was simple, I asked him.
When Dad and these 2 uncles were together they did not talk about the war. But they were tight because of their war experience. There was a bond from it.
My father helped land the 2nd Marine Div. in Higgins boats. He didn't like to talk about it either. He went on to the occupation with the 2nd to target Naval gunfire should they need it.
BigBill
Absent Comrade
My wife's dad my fil was there I seen him working with the seebees in one of the films. He survived the war.
We were sending two thousand bombers per night to Japan. Guess who's coming to din din. I regret we didn't hit Tokyo too. The third b29 was on the way and called back.
We were sending two thousand bombers per night to Japan. Guess who's coming to din din. I regret we didn't hit Tokyo too. The third b29 was on the way and called back.
31FordA
Member
One of my flight instructors was a B-29 pilot, flew 35 missions from Tinian, having previously flown 25 missions in B-17's in Europe. He related that as large as the runways were they often weren't long enough. The B-29's were often so heavily loaded that if you didn't develop full engine power on take off you would crash, and all the high octane avgas and incendiaries guaranteed you would burn. After hearing some of his experiences I could understand why he never got flustered when we were flying. Nothing I did as a 16 year old student pilot could be worse than what he experienced flying combat.
