Submitted by dabiggman t3_11dkbrd in OldSchoolCool
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[deleted] t1_ja94uhg wrote
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BernieEcclestoned t1_ja9aaa7 wrote
Did he get lost?
YellowOnline t1_ja9adds wrote
Well, he was in the wrong country then, fighting some seagulls east of Hastings.
Pluto_Rising t1_ja9lcyg wrote
Normandy was in 1944. He looks like Telly Savalas, lol.
dabiggman OP t1_jaa07kz wrote
Yeah, I know that. He received his initial training after he was drafted and then got moved around a bit before being shipped to Europe for D-Day.
Pluto_Rising t1_jaau3r8 wrote
Cool. My dad was in high school then. 3 years later, he was a replacement paratrooper for Airborne 17th, who took heavy casualties. He arrived in England after D-Day.
dabiggman OP t1_jaaupz2 wrote
He was a crochety fellow, said he absolutely hated Scotland (weather), England (people), and France (people), but loved the Netherlands and Germany (food).
dabiggman OP t1_jaaut2r wrote
Several times. He ended up foraging a lot because he hated Army food and his unit loved him for it.
dabiggman OP t1_ja9404g wrote
He was in England for quite a while from what I was told