War Relatives -

[Forbrowsing]

I have originals of the Regiment's newsletters - they are somewhat fragile but will re-read them to see if there is mention of Arthur Jeffrey and will see if there's a way to copy them without destroying them.

I only wish he were still alive....sigh...so much he had to tell....I truly appreciate your response and effort..I adored my grandfather more then words....hope you will find something...I too will keep at it and share whatever I may come across...there really isnt much that I have found thus far...sadly...thanks again....

[Stevo]

My father served in the RCNR postwar.

My grandfather, at 27 years old, volunteered for the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. The Canadian Army had a program where family members could transfer to join other relatives. He ended up in the Service Corp with his brother. Otherwise he probably would have ended up at Dieppe, and we all know how that turned out. My father was born after Grandpa had left for England. Dad was 5 before Grandpa ever met him.

Another great uncle was Canadian infantry in Italy. He never, ever talked about it.

My great-grandfather served in an English MG Battalion during the Great War. He ended up as an machine gunner in tanks. I wish I knew more details of his service.

[Forbrowsing]

My father served in the RCNR postwar.

My grandfather, at 27 years old, volunteered for the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry. The Canadian Army had a program where family members could transfer to join other relatives. He ended up in the Service Corp with his brother. Otherwise he probably would have ended up at Dieppe, and we all know how that turned out. My father was born after Grandpa had left for England. Dad was 5 before Grandpa ever met him.

Another great uncle was Canadian infantry in Italy. He never, ever talked about it.

My great-grandfather served in an English MG Battalion during the Great War. He ended up as an machine gunner in tanks. I wish I knew more details of his service.

I also have two great grandfathers who never made it home from WWI....the first my Papas (aforementioned) Dad has also been a little difficult to trace(I wonder if it is because they were in England and so many records were lost/destroyed) but my other great grandfather Thomas Homes died Sept 16 1916 at Courcelette France...his history and unit movements have been fairly easy to trace(as the units diaries are available online)....my poor Nana...who is now 93 was born in July 1916...never meeting her Father...then her husband goes to fight in the second world war...thankfully he made it home...but what a lady surviving two wars...the bombing of London with 4 small kids....the stories she has to tell almost counter the ones my Papa used to tell ....everytime I bring her new info I have found she tears up...dont know if I should feel guilty or not lol

[JBS]

My Grandfather was a Navy Chief. He served in WWI and WWII. I have most of his ships papers. He was onboard BB-35 the Battleship Texas on June the 6th as the ship shelled the cliff tops at Normandy so Rudders Rangers could climb the cliffs. My Father retired as a Army Major General. I left the service as a Sgt.

[Bill Hollinger]

My dad was a captain in the Army Air Corps.


Looking under the hood for a fire. They smelled smoke.

Playing tough guys. Dad has the crush cap with the cross draw S&W Victory.

My Uncle LT Elwood Burr Hollinger was a 2nd LT with S-2 with the 84th ID 333 IR Rail Splitters, in Europe late in the war.

Burr is in the rain poncho. He wore that thing everywhere! Here they are somewhere between the Rhine and the Elbe April 1945.

Dad was stationed at Mountain Home Idaho in 1943. There is a story dad had told me many years ago of a 2nd LT flying a B24 during training and having a 500 pounder stuck in the bomb bay rack and flying circles around outskirts of the base trying to free up the bomb. They dumped fuel and came in for a landing. The bomb stayed put, my dad wrecked on a WLA Harley running between runways on the way to the landed B24. They all got drunk as skunks in the officer's club afterwards. The pilot was 2nd LT George McGovern (Read Stephen Ambrose book Wild Blue) Dad had no idea who George McGovern was or who he would be. He told me later if he would have known who he would turn into he would have let him crash without the assistance of the crash crews! Dad was the captain in charge of the motor pool!

Here is Mountain Home Air Base is being built. Note the MH RTU 15 on the front bumper of the jeep. MH = Mountain Home, RTU = Reserve Training Unit, 15 = unit #15.

[cmbtinfantry]

Had some relatives in. Two of my uncles saw Vietnam, one on the ground another by the sea. My granfather saw service in the CBI theater. Got to go there after stopping to help clear japs out of Bismarck Archipelago. Another uncle of mine was with the Hornet as it took Doolittle to Japan and was on it until sunk. Then transferred to Wasp which was sunk and finally to another, forget the name which was sunk. My other grandfather was in the Atlantic and was offshore supporting Normandy. Had an uncle in 101st. and did the Holland jump and was at Bastogne. Had another uncle who was captured at Corregidor and got to participate in the death march afterwards. Have some more that go back further but will leave it here.

[RBruce]

Yep, two marriages - second one in the 26th year - a keeper.

My father was in the Signal Corps on Oahu post Pearl Harbor. He was decoding Japanese transmissions. In the photo below, he is reading some good news in the paper. He said he only shot the Springfield 1903 in training.

My first father-in-law landed in Normandy about a week after D-Day, and ended up in Belgium. He carried an M1 Carbine.

My second father-in-law had dual citizenship USA and Canada as his father was a Canadien citizen. In early 1940, he joinded the Royal Canadien Air Force. Eventually, he flew Mosquitos over England and later in the Arnham fiasco. He once shot down a V-1. Said it just about took out the plane.

[Wullie]

Here goes,

Had a relative at the Battle of King's Mountain, one in the US War with Mexico. My great great grandfather served in Gano's Squadron of Hood's Texas Brigade and was captured twice. He finished the war in a prison camp.

My Great uncle Victor Scott joined the AEF in WWI at he age of 14, He ended up in France as mechanic in Eddie Rickenbacker's "hat in the Ring" Squadron. He got kicked out and returned to the states after his mother complained about his age. LOL

Had another Great Uncle that was a B-17 pilot in the Pacific. He is still listed MIA, presumed dead. Dad got to Italy about the time Hitler surrendered and was part of the Army of Occupation stationed in Rome. Another cousin was in the USMC in Korea. He ended getting 5 Purple Hearts in one afternoon at Chosin.

A cousin of mine and I were both in the Navy during Nam. Ended up on the same carrier and didn't even know it till we got out. I was IN VA-82 as an ordnanceman and he was ship's company on the USS AMERICA.

My now departed father in law was in the Navy from 1952 until 1972. He didn't care Adm. Zumwalt either. LMAO! He was a sewer pipe sailor ( submarines for those of you that are wondering about that) and a HELL of man. I really miss him.

We take it pretty serious in our family.

[Gibbs505]

I guess that I should add that one brother was in the NZ army and served in Vietnam in 1968. Another brother was in the NZ Navy.