 wing_nut wrote: |
Mike, was your dad on a carrier or did he fly the beast? |
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My dad was crew chief on SB2C Helldivers at El Toro, CA in the Marine Corps in 1944.
He went AWOL to see some "Hot WAC" as he told me only to find out she had shipped out the day before. He lost a rank and they sent him to the South Pacific to help bring wounded home from Iwo Jima, Guam, Saipan, The Marianas Islands, Guam and Quadulane.
After the war he was an aircraft mechanic at Alameda NAS and worked on F6F's, C-47's and many other radial engine aircraft. My dad was a master mechanic extraordinaire and I am not just saying that because he was my dad. He was really that good and men like him are far and few between these days.
OK, the old tear ducts are leaking now. ![Boohoo [BH]](/emoticons/icon_smile_boohoo.gif)
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