WWII: who did your family fight alongside?

[KurtG85]

My grandfather was a field medic serving under patton in the battle of the bulge. He didn't talk much about it because he was a long time medic in Korea as well and just saw way too much action but one time when he was drinking he told the story of how he and about 200 guys were camped at night and were ambushed. Enemy slit the throats or gunned down at close range every guy except for him and one other dude. Don't remember if that occured in Korea or WW2, probably korea.

[Reddisback]

My Grandfather was a Panther Commander in the Waffen SS. He told the truth about the war and everything he has seen, He Passed away Just a Year ago during the Hollidays. Never seen so much WW2 vets togheter. thats all you get.
when i tell people that my Grandfather was a Member of the SS, ' Specially a Tanker, then they say ' Oh, then you must be a Nazi and all...' I hate that..

I'm thinking abauth Joining the German Tank Corps Next Year. Hope I'll make it!

(If ya havent Noticed, I'm a Tanker. I know Squat of Airplanes. ' cept ME's, those are German...)

[Intheboondocks]

I have two cousins who were on Liberators in WWII. One was a navigator who flew "carpetbagger" missions dropping secret agents in Europe, was shotdown and rescued by the OSS. The other was a pilot in the Pacific,and was almost killed when his top-turrets gus warped and fired into the cockpit.

[bobswar]

i had a grandfather who fought in crete with the canterbury div, NZ infantry, sadly he's still there

[skullblits]

i had a grand grand dad (not sure wtf he was) he was a U Boat commander in WW1 & WW2.

and some other one was on omaha defending it ( Sorry america )

[Dueck]

Originally Posted by Reddisback

My Grandfather was a Panther Commander in the Waffen SS. He told the truth about the war and everything he has seen, He Passed away Just a Year ago during the Hollidays. Never seen so much WW2 vets togheter. thats all you get.
when i tell people that my Grandfather was a Member of the SS, ' Specially a Tanker, then they say ' Oh, then you must be a Nazi and all...' I hate that..

I'm thinking abauth Joining the German Tank Corps Next Year. Hope I'll make it!

(If ya havent Noticed, I'm a Tanker. I know Squat of Airplanes. ' cept ME's, those are German...)

The funny thing is the fact most people back in those days were anti-semetic. My family in Scotland were pretty opposed to the Jews. My great-grandfather (from Glasgow) used to have books of all the Jewish owned businesses (to avoid), Zionist conspiracy stuff, etc... However, my German family does have some offshoots born in 1946-1948 in Paraguay. Now that's a much worse sign than anyone being in the SS lol... There was some Evas, a couple Adolfs, and a Heinrich, if memory serves me.

[TheBurningBlue]

Had a grandfather who was a paratrooper in the British army. Fought in North Africa and Arnhem

[blacksungregg]

Originally Posted by KurtG85

My grandfather was a field medic serving under patton in the battle of the bulge. He didn't talk much about it because he was a long time medic in Korea as well and just saw way too much action but one time when he was drinking he told the story of how he and about 200 guys were camped at night and were ambushed. Enemy slit the throats or gunned down at close range every guy except for him and one other dude. Don't remember if that occured in Korea or WW2, probably korea.

Wow. Talk about blessed and cursed at the same time. I feel so badly for vets that happened to view stuff like that, that of course have a hard time getting over it. My father was lucky in the fact that he didn't see as much action, but was more involded with administrative tasks. He was still a war vet, but at least had the chance to live the rest of his life without having visions.

I was in the Navy and the purple heart winners are all in the barraks, all dead, and all medics from what I saw. Great heros!

[Arnow]

Well, during world war II, my grand mother/father/uncles were in very different places...

My grand father fought for the free french in northern Africa, but he never really spoke about that. My grand mother was just a civilian in southern France (Nice), and when the allied arrived, made portraits of soldiers.

My other grand father was a soldier in the french army but was made prisoner soon after the beginning of the war in May 1940 I think...
He was sent to Berlin, where he met my grandmother, which had been sent there because of the Service du Travail Obligatoire (Forced Work Service), which forced french people to go to Germany to contribute against their will to the german war effort. They married in Berlin in 1944...I still have at home this frightening wedding certificate with an eagle/swastika stamp on it...

And finally, the shame in the family, my grand uncle, who died last year, volunteered in the SS in the last months of the war.... I first knew about that a couple of years ago...

[Das_Ubersoldat13]

My great grandfather and his younger brother served Germany. Grandpa being a Wermacht grunt. and his brother flew.. a JU87 nonetheless. He was how ever KIA somewhere in the east. my great grandfather survived though. He fought in Paris no SS in my family how ever