Edge Report post Posted June 6 Please insert your favorite pics of the greatest generation. 12 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mocha1545 Report post Posted June 6 My Dad and Grandad in Wyoming. Grandad was in charge of POW camp there. Dad was about to ship out. He was D-Day +13. 13 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 6 Dad looking mighty smug for a 17 year old heading to the Pacific, June 1944. 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Lucafu1 Report post Posted June 6 I wish I had pictures of my grandfather who received a Bronze Star as a private during WWII but I don't. This will do. AATW! 8 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted June 6 My father vietnam My brother and I both served in the corps also 7 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted June 7 9 hours ago, Mocha1545 said: My Dad and Grandad in Wyoming. Grandad was in charge of POW camp there. Dad was about to ship out. He was D-Day +13. Interesting, I did not even know pow's were brought stateside. Especially deep into the country . Makes sense I guess just never thought about it or heard about it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
CatfishKev Report post Posted June 7 6 hours ago, Edge said: Dad looking mighty smug for a 17 year old heading to the Pacific, June 1944. Good genes right there. I look at that dude and don't see a 17 yo kid. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 7 4 hours ago, CatfishKev said: Interesting, I did not even know pow's were brought stateside. Especially deep into the country . Makes sense I guess just never thought about it or heard about it. Papago Park in Phoenix was a German pow camp 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted June 7 Same out in waddell. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 7 4 hours ago, CatfishKev said: Good genes right there. I look at that dude and don't see a 17 yo kid. Lol I had to look more closely. Then he looked like a kid, buck teeth and acne. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Edge Report post Posted June 7 4 minutes ago, Adicted said: Same out in waddell. Where in Waddell? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Adicted Report post Posted June 7 Cotton and olive. https://waddellhistory.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/fennemore-camp/#:~:text=The remains of a prisoner,prisoners during World War II. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ctafoya Report post Posted June 7 I have all my grandfather's pictures from around the world during the war. I wish he was still around. He drank himself to death by the time I was 9. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forepaw Report post Posted June 7 There was also a POW camp for German prisoners on the N. side of town of Florence - S. bank of the Gila River I believe, but could be N. bank. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
