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First post since moving over from the "old board," So I thought I would post something a little different.
This past Thanksgiving weekend, my family went up to Enid, Oklahoma where my Grandmother is in a nursing home. She is pretty much on her death bed, so everyone went with the understanding that this would be her last Thanksgiving. My folks have been working on cleaning out the entire house, to get it ready to sale. My Mom asked my Dad and I to go up in the attic, to check one last time if there was anything else up there. She has lived in the house since the early 60's, so It was pretty much a mess. We came across an old chest, and brought it down.
Long story/short my grandpa had served during WWII. The "division" He was in, "stormed" Normandy on D-Day, and was also in the "Battle of the Buldge." He died in 1974, So I never met him. And for whatever reason, It was always kind of Taboo around the family to ask about his time during World War II. Honestly, I didn't know much at all, other than he was there.
The chest we found, contained 100's of pictures, war militaria, diaries, Military maps, and every letter he wrote/received during his time in the War. It was like a time capsule, and everything was all there. The diaries are from the day he left the U.S. for the war, all the way through his Final Discharge. There are 14 "Diary books" in all. Newspaper clippings, flags, and banners, and patches. My Dad and I spent a few hours just trying to take it all in, but there is so much stuff. My Mom had never seen any of this stuff, so she estimates that My Grandpa boxed it up, and it hasn't been opened since sometime in the late 1940's. Alot of it had been destroyed by Mice, but We were also surprised in How good of shape some of the stuff was. anyways, I just wanted to share some of the pics.
Any fair warning. I mean no disrespect to anyone by posting some of these pictures. I am not glorifying any of the items or Nazi culture. I am just displaying, what at one time were tokens of My Grandfathers efforts during World War II.
This past Thanksgiving weekend, my family went up to Enid, Oklahoma where my Grandmother is in a nursing home. She is pretty much on her death bed, so everyone went with the understanding that this would be her last Thanksgiving. My folks have been working on cleaning out the entire house, to get it ready to sale. My Mom asked my Dad and I to go up in the attic, to check one last time if there was anything else up there. She has lived in the house since the early 60's, so It was pretty much a mess. We came across an old chest, and brought it down.
Long story/short my grandpa had served during WWII. The "division" He was in, "stormed" Normandy on D-Day, and was also in the "Battle of the Buldge." He died in 1974, So I never met him. And for whatever reason, It was always kind of Taboo around the family to ask about his time during World War II. Honestly, I didn't know much at all, other than he was there.
The chest we found, contained 100's of pictures, war militaria, diaries, Military maps, and every letter he wrote/received during his time in the War. It was like a time capsule, and everything was all there. The diaries are from the day he left the U.S. for the war, all the way through his Final Discharge. There are 14 "Diary books" in all. Newspaper clippings, flags, and banners, and patches. My Dad and I spent a few hours just trying to take it all in, but there is so much stuff. My Mom had never seen any of this stuff, so she estimates that My Grandpa boxed it up, and it hasn't been opened since sometime in the late 1940's. Alot of it had been destroyed by Mice, but We were also surprised in How good of shape some of the stuff was. anyways, I just wanted to share some of the pics.
Any fair warning. I mean no disrespect to anyone by posting some of these pictures. I am not glorifying any of the items or Nazi culture. I am just displaying, what at one time were tokens of My Grandfathers efforts during World War II.
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