Repost. My Uncle Charles

[Royal]

This is the story about my Uncle during WW2. He died of cancer a couple years ago..at the age of 85



My Uncle Charles War Experences


Charles Fillmore had a bird

 

[Ron J]

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[Rob/Windsor Ont.]

Now, that is a story !! These guys were so young then too. And as brave as they came. I've read in a lot of accounts where the parachuted airmen were actually descending into the props of other bombers. That's how thick the sky was with aircraft at times. And most of those bombers went home with multiple flak rips and holes. Amazing !! Just boggles my mind to think that some guys actually LIVED these experiences. And more amazing, even survived them. Real glad your uncle was a survivor. I would have given anything to spend an afternoon listening to him tell it Royal. Those guys were the BEST there was !

In deepest respect,

Rob

 

[Royal]

copy of a story in a local newspaper that went with his obit.

 

[Rob/Windsor Ont.]

It has always been a sore spot with me that so many of us fortunate enough to have been spared that hell would take their gallantry for granted. Guys like him (and my uncle, killed in Holland in a tank) are forever owed a debt that society could not even begin to pay ! I honor and revere these people like no other. They are the true American idols in my book !!

P.S.- When my mother passed she made it a point to pass on to me her brothers "letters to home" from the war. I consider them one of my most prized possessions !!

Again, in deepest respect to them and their brothers,

Rob

 

[Royal]

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[david(tx)]

my dad just missed being a turret gunner on a b-29,he had a eye that his vision wasn't up to snuff in,so the made a mechanic out of him,he was short,and short people got the turret gunner jobs.a lot of men gave their lives flying the bombing missions,americans and brits and i guess canadians still served under the british at the time.i couldn't hardly believe the casualty rates of the crews of those planes till i saw a show on the history channel.

 

[VT Dave]

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[Micheal_R]

I did not find ouit until after his death just what exactly he did.

Those were very brave men... and to this day, we still owe them all a debt of gratitude!!

Fair winds

M

 

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[Sunny]

scared but fighting for us just the same! Thank God for men lkie him!