The WWII Relatives thread

One grandfather was with the 88th airborne and went into France 2 days after D-day via glider and parachute. His job was basically to patch up allied runways after they got bombed.

My other grandfather (who is still alive at 95) was a Navy ace, so he says. He tends to exaggerate stories, but it wouldn't surprise me since the Japanese Zeros were just flying gas cans. One time he told me when I was like 10 about how he would try and look every Jap pilot in the eye before he shot him down.