Today is VE-Day

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Sat 8th May 2010 08:30 am

THANK YOU!

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Sat 8th May 2010 11:28 am

At least you got the day right this time.

Pauli Wallnuts · Post by **Pauli Wallnuts** » Sat 8th May 2010 06:21 pm

THANK YOU,
Im glad you used the picture of the soviets Marco, in the west we are so quick to forget the brave actions of the red army, &how they had to liberate the whole of eastern europe including russia, single handedly, without Russian & USA help all of europe & maybe even the world, would be a very dark place

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Sat 8th May 2010 08:37 pm

must have sucked to live in europe in the 40's much respect to the veterans. my grandpa(1914-2002) was in the us army air core based at kimbolton england. worked with the b-17's. he loaded the bombs onto them. my great uncle was a fighter pilot and was shot down 2-3 times over france, the french resistance got him out each time to props to them too. my great uncle on my moms side was in the royal army and spent 5 years in north africa. apparently he wasn't quite the same when he got back. also much respect to the women working in the allied factories! my nana worked in one although im not sure exactly what she made.

ftcarer · Post by **ftcarer** » Sat 8th May 2010 09:57 pm

cantona7 wrote:must have sucked to live in europe in the 40's much respect to the veterans. my grandpa(1914-2002) was in the us army air core based at kimbolton england. worked with the b-17's. he loaded the bombs onto them. my great uncle was a fighter pilot and was shot down 2-3 times over france, the french resistance got him out each time to props to them too. my great uncle on my moms side was in the royal army and spent 5 years in north africa. apparently he wasn't quite the same when he got back. also much respect to the women working in the allied factories! my nana worked in one although im not sure exactly what she made.

Love hearing personal little stories like these , i'll throw mine in , my wifes great grandad was captured twice 1st by the Germans then the Japanese , escaped both times ,( I have the sword of the Japanese officer he killed while doing so ) & my great grandad , was in Burma , was part of the secret service & thats all they will tell us , love to know what he was doing

Happy V.E. day anyone

Boner · Post by **Boner** » Sat 8th May 2010 10:28 pm

My Grandad died in his sleep suffocating on his own puke.

Thats my WW2 story.

cantona7 · Post by **cantona7** » Sat 8th May 2010 11:20 pm

ftcarer wrote:
cantona7 wrote:must have sucked to live in europe in the 40's much respect to the veterans. my grandpa(1914-2002) was in the us army air core based at kimbolton england. worked with the b-17's. he loaded the bombs onto them. my great uncle was a fighter pilot and was shot down 2-3 times over france, the french resistance got him out each time to props to them too. my great uncle on my moms side was in the royal army and spent 5 years in north africa. apparently he wasn't quite the same when he got back. also much respect to the women working in the allied factories! my nana worked in one although im not sure exactly what she made.
Love hearing personal little stories like these , i'll throw mine in , my wifes great grandad was captured twice 1st by the Germans then the Japanese , escaped both times ,( I have the sword of the Japanese officer he killed while doing so ) & my great grandad , was in Burma , was part of the secret service & thats all they will tell us , love to know what he was doing Happy V.E. day anyone

is it like a ketana? my friends dad has a .45 he picked off a vietcong soldier he killed in vietnam. kinda creeped me out when he showed it to me.

Marco · Post by **Marco** » Sun 9th May 2010 02:45 pm

Pauli, without the USSR there would be no victory, their sacrifices were immense.

My father was fighting the remnants of an SS Panzer Division in Zwickau on VE-Day...

ftcarer · Post by **ftcarer** » Sun 9th May 2010 06:21 pm

cantona7 wrote:
ftcarer wrote:
cantona7 wrote:must have sucked to live in europe in the 40's much respect to the veterans. my grandpa(1914-2002) was in the us army air core based at kimbolton england. worked with the b-17's. he loaded the bombs onto them. my great uncle was a fighter pilot and was shot down 2-3 times over france, the french resistance got him out each time to props to them too. my great uncle on my moms side was in the royal army and spent 5 years in north africa. apparently he wasn't quite the same when he got back. also much respect to the women working in the allied factories! my nana worked in one although im not sure exactly what she made.
Love hearing personal little stories like these , i'll throw mine in , my wifes great grandad was captured twice 1st by the Germans then the Japanese , escaped both times ,( I have the sword of the Japanese officer he killed while doing so ) & my great grandad , was in Burma , was part of the secret service & thats all they will tell us , love to know what he was doing Happy V.E. day anyone

is it like a ketana? my friends dad has a .45 he picked off a vietcong soldier he killed in vietnam. kinda creeped me out when he showed it to me.

looks like this