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When I got our of Boot Camp, we packed our seabags and put them on a truck then they flew us to England. When we arrived I expect to be given my seabag but they put us in cattle cars and dropped us off at our individual ships at the English Channel port. When they dropped the four of us off at my ship, I expect to be given my seabag instead I was issued three sets of skivvies and whites. I never did see my seabag again. I guess it was not worth the extra fuel to send our seabags alone. I was issued a whole new set of uniforms, after around three weeks, while off Normandy. I always figured the Navy did not believe some of us would live long enough to need more than the three sets. So, Mike, did you go ashore on D-Day? That means you are at least 80 |
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From: "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2@lycos,com Subject: Re: {OT} Mike Hunter goes silent about his D-Day experience Date: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 11:40 AM No, I was in the Navy, arrived aboard on the third day, and yes I'm 83. My worst memory was seeing all of the bodies still floating in the water. "edspyhill01" <edspyhill01 (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:117d3fd0-ee8b-45e1-bbf1-102a0287249f (AT) p36g2000vbn (DOT) googlegroups.com... On Nov 3, 2:50 pm, "Mike Hunter" <Mikehunt2@lycos,com> wrote: When I got our of Boot Camp, we packed our seabags and put them on a truck then they flew us to England. When we arrived I expect to be given my seabag but they put us in cattle cars and dropped us off at our individual ships at the English Channel port. When they dropped the four of us off at my ship, I expect to be given my seabag instead I was issued three sets of skivvies and whites. I never did see my seabag again. I guess it was not worth the extra fuel to send our seabags alone. I was issued a whole new set of uniforms, after around three weeks, while off Normandy. I always figured the Navy did not believe some of us would live long enough to need more than the three sets. So, Mike, did you go ashore on D-Day? That means you are at least 80 years old. |
There were a lot of blacks in WWII, but, unfortunately they were in
different units than whites. Back then it was a segregated military.
Unfortunately, the US lost the talent of many fine men and women because
of this. An example of this was the Tuskegee Airmen, who was one of the
best air groups in the WWII. When word got out, they were requested by
name. They never lost few bombers that there were escorting.
Unfortunately, they didn't end up fighting the war until later in the
war. It wasn't until they gave Mrs. Roosevelt a ride in their planes
that they got to get into the war.
This is one example of how stupid it is to judge people on the color of
their skin.
So it may be that Mike never got a combat role because of the stupidity
and hatred of racism and through no fault of his own.
Jeff
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