This is easily the frattiest post on here. God Bless to all the WWII veterans still alive today. I can’t wait to commission in a few short months and due my service overseas. On a side note my Great-Uncle was at Pearl Harbor 69 years ago today. He was a Master-at-Arms in the Navy, assigned to the Arizona. Luckily he was shore leave when the attack happened.
i dont give a shit, just because your grandfather was a side gunner in a B-25 means YOU know exactly what the allies deployed and in a given theater. http://www.armyaircorps.us/Aircraft.cfm
there is a list of the aircraft used by the 5th AF in the pacific theater. America deployed about 1600 B-17s at the beginning of the war in the pacific, but most were shot down or replaced within a years time.
Actually, the B-17 was used in the Pacific Theater. Just to a lesser extent than in the European Theater. So you might wanna do a little fact checking before you post on here.
looks like some people have done some wikipedia searching. as did i. at any rate the chances of your grandfather being alive in 2010 and being a crew member or pilot or a b-17 in the pacific theater are very slim. however its fucking awesome if its legit
I’m fairly certain that this is true, since it was in the pacific theater where the airmen jerry rigged a gunner on the tail since it was unprotected before. It later became apart of the design. I fucking love WWII history, tell your grandad thank you, and soon, the greatest generation is dropping like flies
Actually, Trent, B-17s played a vital role early in the Pacific Theater, in fact, B-17s out of Clark Field in the Phillipines conducted some of the first offensive missions undertaken by the USAAF in the early part of the war. And B-17s, stripped down, with nothing but instruments provided weather data before the B-29s raids over mainland Japan. You wanna talk about hazing balls, think about flying over mainland Japan unarmed to gather weather data.
God bless the soldiers who served then, now, and those who will in the future. : )
My grandfather served in WWII, though he never seemed to speak much of it for some reason. But he was a dedicated American, soldier to protect the ideals and citizens that make this country so great, and a true fraternity gentleman of Kappa Sigma.
If he didn’t talk about it, it’s because he did/saw some really nasty stuff. Most people who were actually invloved in combat don’t want to relive those memories any more than they have to (which is virtually every night.)From one combat veteran and Kappa Sigma to another, I want to thank your grandfather from the bottom of my heart.
Gotta love posts like this. Makes me proud to know that I’m brothers with someone that served our country so proudly like your grandfather. My great grandfather was involved in flying the plane over Hiroshima that dropped the atomic bomb and he never wanted to talk about it either. AEKDB.
Thank you, from an Iraq Veteran.
14 years ago at 11:08 amAs a fellow Iraq vet, it is safe to say that we pale in comparison to WWII vets. Those men are some of the greatest Americans in history.
14 years ago at 11:19 amFrat on brother.
14 years ago at 11:30 amGod bless you and all troops that have served this country past, present, and future!
14 years ago at 11:24 amThis is easily the frattiest post on here. God Bless to all the WWII veterans still alive today. I can’t wait to commission in a few short months and due my service overseas. On a side note my Great-Uncle was at Pearl Harbor 69 years ago today. He was a Master-at-Arms in the Navy, assigned to the Arizona. Luckily he was shore leave when the attack happened.
14 years ago at 11:29 amDo my service*
14 years ago at 11:29 amAmen to that, and God Bless our soldiers
14 years ago at 12:51 pmFaF
14 years ago at 10:59 pmToo bad we b-17’s never bombed Japan. He was probably referring to the German’s..
14 years ago at 11:33 amno, you are wrong, they used them in the pacific theater too, just not to as much of an extent as they did in the European theater.
14 years ago at 11:53 amToo bad you can’t speak English.
14 years ago at 11:59 amToo bad who gives a fuck you French piece of shit.
14 years ago at 12:06 pmJust saying that B-17’s were used in the European Theatre not the Pacific. My Grandpa was a sidegunner in a B-25 just saying.
14 years ago at 12:14 pmactually they were used in the Pacific theater. but not until 1944
14 years ago at 12:23 pmActually we did use them in the Pacific. Know what you’re talking about before you try to correct someone else.
14 years ago at 12:35 pmB-17’s were used in both. The first Japanese ship sunk by the US was by a B-17. It was used early in the War in the pacific
14 years ago at 12:39 pmi dont give a shit, just because your grandfather was a side gunner in a B-25 means YOU know exactly what the allies deployed and in a given theater.
14 years ago at 1:11 pmhttp://www.armyaircorps.us/Aircraft.cfm
there is a list of the aircraft used by the 5th AF in the pacific theater. America deployed about 1600 B-17s at the beginning of the war in the pacific, but most were shot down or replaced within a years time.
Actually, the B-17 was used in the Pacific Theater. Just to a lesser extent than in the European Theater. So you might wanna do a little fact checking before you post on here.
14 years ago at 1:40 pmlooks like some people have done some wikipedia searching. as did i. at any rate the chances of your grandfather being alive in 2010 and being a crew member or pilot or a b-17 in the pacific theater are very slim. however its fucking awesome if its legit
14 years ago at 7:23 amI’m fairly certain that this is true, since it was in the pacific theater where the airmen jerry rigged a gunner on the tail since it was unprotected before. It later became apart of the design. I fucking love WWII history, tell your grandad thank you, and soon, the greatest generation is dropping like flies
14 years ago at 7:23 pmPardon my English, but fuck the french. God bless America.
14 years ago at 11:54 pmActually, Trent, B-17s played a vital role early in the Pacific Theater, in fact, B-17s out of Clark Field in the Phillipines conducted some of the first offensive missions undertaken by the USAAF in the early part of the war. And B-17s, stripped down, with nothing but instruments provided weather data before the B-29s raids over mainland Japan. You wanna talk about hazing balls, think about flying over mainland Japan unarmed to gather weather data.
14 years ago at 11:36 amFaF.
14 years ago at 11:42 amFaF
14 years ago at 11:52 amWWII Vets= FaF
My Great Uncle is 90, still hunts and fishes, and has great stories about hazing the hell out of Nazis from the sky.
14 years ago at 12:46 pmDid he fly a B-17? My grandfather is 90 also, and thats what he flew.
14 years ago at 6:10 pmGod bless the soldiers who served then, now, and those who will in the future. : )
My grandfather served in WWII, though he never seemed to speak much of it for some reason. But he was a dedicated American, soldier to protect the ideals and citizens that make this country so great, and a true fraternity gentleman of Kappa Sigma.
14 years ago at 1:05 pmIf he didn’t talk about it, it’s because he did/saw some really nasty stuff. Most people who were actually invloved in combat don’t want to relive those memories any more than they have to (which is virtually every night.)From one combat veteran and Kappa Sigma to another, I want to thank your grandfather from the bottom of my heart.
14 years ago at 5:31 pmGotta love posts like this. Makes me proud to know that I’m brothers with someone that served our country so proudly like your grandfather. My great grandfather was involved in flying the plane over Hiroshima that dropped the atomic bomb and he never wanted to talk about it either. AEKDB.
14 years ago at 1:50 amAEKDB
14 years ago at 4:58 amTo anybody that talks shit on this post. FUCK OFF.
14 years ago at 1:05 pmGod bless America.
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14 years ago at 4:09 pmYou,sir, are a proper fratdaddy. God Bless.
14 years ago at 5:04 pm