A belated happy Memorial Day, it was a hard day for me. My father flew 34 missions over Japan in WW II and on his 34th, he was shot down over Japan. He appeared to be a POW for 7 months. I said appeared to be, but i just don’t know. I found out about my father, quite late in life and he had some sketchy memories, but i tried my best. I wrote for his records , but they had the big fire in St. Louis, and the records that i got back revealed nothing. My father said, when he was liberated, he went through his discharge in California, but didn’t tell anyone, he said, he just wanted out, attended school on the GI bill and never looked back.
Memorial Day was always hard for my dad, and I knew the reason why. He left a lot of his friends on the battlefield.
A belated thank you guys and gals, for all you have done for our country. I miss you dad, a lot.