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Please sign up to be notified of new entries and to receive my Free E-zine.A subreddit devoted to the discussion of airsoft guns, gear and advice. I would love to have the opportunity to keep in touch with you. Please sign up and receive your free copy of Dan’s Doodles I Please sign up to be notified of new entries and to receive my Free E-zine. On this Memorial day we are remembering all our family members that have gone on before us, but I think of my father and Dan’s father with extra fond thoughts, knowing that they fought to preserve our freedom. With memories like this it isn’t difficult to imagine why most of them don’t like to talk a lot about their war time experiences.
He was able to fly over Hiroshima shortly after the bomb was dropped to see the devastation.
He said it was very difficult to be happy that the war was ended at such a cost. It was only after their mission that the rest of them people on Tinian were told what they had done.
Naturally the other soldiers were rather miffed that they got out of all the work and seemed to have no responsibility for anything.įinally the day arrived when the Enola Gay and its crew set off on its terrible mission – to drop the first ever atomic bomb on Hiroshima. Its crew kept to themselves and didn’t join in any of the activities or work on the island. Weeks later a plane arrived and was parked off away from the others. When they first arrived there were Japanese hiding in caves all over this relatively small island and their job was to find them. Roger had been stationed on the island of Tinian. I will never forget the story that followed. So I said it again, “Roger, this is an actual photograph of the Enola Gay!” To my surprise he calmly responded that he had taken it. I picked it up and scurried into the room where Roger was and said, “Roger, this is a photograph of the Enola Gay!” Yup, he responded as he went on with what he was doing. It wasn’t cut out of a newspaper or magazine article, it was an actual photograph. One day as I sorted through some photos I found one that was a photograph of the Enola Gay. What a precious time it was as photos and letters sparked remembered stories and he shared them with us. I jumped at the idea, hoping to learn even more of my husband’s family history. He wanted to put together a photo album of his military mementos and photos. The next winter when we arrived at his house he said he had a project for us to work on. As he and Ruth spoke about different family members long forgotten stories emerged and I frantically tried to write down as much information as possible. We even met with his sister and got help identifying the ones he didn’t remember. One year he brought a box of older family photos and we spent time together getting names on as many as possible. We live in Minnesota and he lived in Arizona so we would visit him in the winter and he would spend several months with us in the summer. Neither one of them readily talked about their experiences even though we made attempts to encourage them to do that.Īfter my mother-in-law passed away my father-in-law, Roger, began to spend more time with our family. My father and father-in-law both served in WWII.