| Woolshed Wargamer | 19 May 2013 3:59 p.m. PST |
A photo from the National Library of New Zealand showing my father and some men of his section in the back of a truck. link
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| CraigSpiel | 19 May 2013 4:08 p.m. PST |
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| rampantlion | 19 May 2013 4:12 p.m. PST |
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| Woolshed Wargamer | 19 May 2013 4:27 p.m. PST |
You can tell he is the youngest – he is posing :) God I am proud of that man. |
| Wargamer Blue | 19 May 2013 4:40 p.m. PST |
Thats excellent Brian. I found two pics of my grandfather coming off a troopship on the Australian War Memorial website and it felt like a lotto win. |
| redbanner4145 | 19 May 2013 4:51 p.m. PST |
My dad was in Italy too. Didn't make it to Oct. 44. He got wounded in Feb. at Anzio. I also am as proud as can be. |
| Redroom | 19 May 2013 5:12 p.m. PST |
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| Pizzagrenadier | 19 May 2013 5:39 p.m. PST |
Very cool! Thanks for sharing. |
| CPBelt | 19 May 2013 5:53 p.m. PST |
That is so cool!  |
| Dances with Clydesdales | 19 May 2013 7:39 p.m. PST |
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| PSADennis | 19 May 2013 7:52 p.m. PST |
Thank you Brian for sharing with us all.
Dennis |
| Pizzagrenadier | 19 May 2013 8:20 p.m. PST |
Not that we need another message board, but it would be cool to have a "Family War Stories Board" where we can share stuff like this. Maybe delete 12 other unused boards for one of those… :) |
| stenicplus | 20 May 2013 2:19 a.m. PST |
Now there's the best new board suggestion since TMP started. |
| Sidney Fiddler | 20 May 2013 4:13 a.m. PST |
He looks a top bloke.
Make's me proud to see him., like a distance cousin.
My uncle was at Arnhem,
Other Uncle RAF Navigator in Burma,
My old man " die hard" in Korea, God bless him.
My mate was a Cockney cowboy, London area reg in Iraq.
Seems to run in all our blood.
Cheers for sharing, very moving. |
| jgawne | 20 May 2013 8:23 a.m. PST |
I found the "Caution RHD" amusing, as most vehicles in the ETO came from the US, they were marked (for use in the UK) "Caution Left Hand Drive." |
Frederick  | 20 May 2013 8:52 a.m. PST |
Great photo! Thanks for sharing |
| Landorl | 20 May 2013 11:56 a.m. PST |
My dad was in Korea, and I would love to be able to find a picture like that. Great photo and great history! |
| J Womack 94 | 20 May 2013 2:57 p.m. PST |
That is an awesome photo. |
| Woolshed Wargamer | 20 May 2013 7:41 p.m. PST |
I have about a dozen hours of audio of Dad's memoirs as well. Still wondering what exactly to do with them. |
| vtsaogames | 21 May 2013 8:10 a.m. PST |
A friend of mine recently posted a picture on Facebook of his dad catching a snooze during training in 1942. Amazing stuff. I have a studio photo of my dad in uniform, at attention. It's tiny. Brian, transfer his audio to a longer lasting medium? Or transcribe them. I have lots of questions for my father and grandfather, but it's too late. |
| Woolshed Wargamer | 21 May 2013 12:18 p.m. PST |
I have a friend who is a typist who transcribes documents – how fortuitous. That is next step. I have multiple backups in different places so they are currently safe. |
 Legion 4 | 22 May 2013 6:33 a.m. PST |
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experiments to find a better way to mount aircraft for wargaming.
