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The dates on the photos do say 23 March 1944.
That's great Kevn. Unfortunately my fathers belongings, including his Ike jacket disappeared shortly after his death. I know exactly where they...
Welcome Charles: My dad wasn't a pilot, but a passenger in one of the Horsa gliders of which you speak. He was part of the Keokuk Mission.
Thanks Ken. I didn't know they were taken from a video. I found them in an envelope that was addressed to our house that we haven't lived in for...
Welcome Ken. I have a couple of pictures of your uncle that I have never seen published before. Maybe they have, but I have never seen them....
Welcome Kevin: I know some of the men here will take great advantage of your extensive knowledge of the 327th. My dad went through basic...
Thanks for sharing your dad's story. Did your dad return to combat or did his wounds keep him from it?
In the post above regarding Thomas Doyle. He was taken prisoner in Bastogne and died while a prisoner at Stalag 8A.
Sgt. Gamble and my dad Harold were indeed both POW's eventually ending up in Stalag 3C before liberation. Robert Towner also of Chalk #5 was...
Welcome Alane. I too am an Air Force veteran although only for 4 years. (71-75). I am very interested to see what you have on the Keokuk...
This is a very rough sketch of the landing area for Chalk #5 of the Keokuk mission as contained in the MACR for this glider. [img] [/img]
The first 5 pictures were taken in England in March of 1944 prior to the invasion. The last picture of the color guard was taken in an unknown...
Pat, the picture of the field where my dad was taken prisoner was taken from a 35mm slide and I have no way of enhancing it.
I sent you a PM Kevin. Thanks for the welcome. On the photo you mentioned do you know whether the gliders were loaded at the time of the photo?
My dad took this picture in June of 1969 while he was in Normandy for the 25th anniversary of D-Day. It simply says "Field taken prisoner". It...
"Glider No. 5, carrying one of the division radios, flown by F/O Ketchmun and Baldwin, aborted over England shortly after take-off. Both pilots...
I am Randy Fuhrman, son of Harold Fuhrman that is listed on the MACR for chalk #5 of the Keokuk mission. I know for a fact from copies of letters...
My name is Randy Fuhrman. My dad was Harold Fuhrman who was a member of Division Headquarters of the 101st airborne during World War 2. He...