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uncle phil · 07-01-2011, 02:06 AM

bump for the 4th...

chinese crested · 07-05-2011, 01:47 AM

I am not ex forces, and am not ryying to hijack, but would like to share something with you.
Some years ago, my son and I were at a little place on the waterfrount enjoying lunch, and we met some lovely ladies who as a group call themselves 'war babies'. They were all the daughters of GI's stationed here during the war, and they were all desperately searching as they knew time was running out, their fathers growing older. One lady who was talking to us had just a christian name and a ship, and she knew it would take a miracle. None of them had hatred, they all accepted it was just how it was, but all of them had a hole in their lives - if not contact, they wanted to know who they were from, the story of their line. I couldnt find their site, but heres one as an example
American WWII Orphans Network: GI baby looking for biological fathers family
If any of you were a ww2 GI, with a twinkle in his eye - or if you know one - please think of all these dear ladies searching away. My uncle, apparently, had a daughter living in holland who I only heard about this year. She had made contact with one of the family, and he had asked some others if they would like to write - the aunt who told me didnt bother - like the war baby ladies, she wanted to know where her line came from. I dont know how you chaps feel about the babies you leave behind, many of whom are beyond middle age. I think its very sad. If this post reunites just one pair...... nice thought huh.

07-01-2011, 02:06 AM	#201 (permalink)
uncle phil comfortably numb... Super Moderator Location: upstate	bump for the 4th... __________________ "We were wrong, terribly wrong. (We) should not have tried to fight a guerrilla war with conventional military tactics against a foe willing to absorb enormous casualties...in a country lacking the fundamental political stability necessary to conduct effective military and pacification operations. It could not be done and it was not done." - Robert S. McNamara ----------------------------------------- "We will take our napalm and flame throwers out of the land that scarcely knows the use of matches... We will leave you your small joys and smaller troubles." - Eugene McCarthy in "Vietnam Message" ----------------------------------------- never wrestle with a pig. you both get dirty; the pig likes it.

07-05-2011, 01:47 AM	#202 (permalink)
chinese crested Insane Location: hampshire	I am not ex forces, and am not ryying to hijack, but would like to share something with you. Some years ago, my son and I were at a little place on the waterfrount enjoying lunch, and we met some lovely ladies who as a group call themselves 'war babies'. They were all the daughters of GI's stationed here during the war, and they were all desperately searching as they knew time was running out, their fathers growing older. One lady who was talking to us had just a christian name and a ship, and she knew it would take a miracle. None of them had hatred, they all accepted it was just how it was, but all of them had a hole in their lives - if not contact, they wanted to know who they were from, the story of their line. I couldnt find their site, but heres one as an example American WWII Orphans Network: GI baby looking for biological fathers family If any of you were a ww2 GI, with a twinkle in his eye - or if you know one - please think of all these dear ladies searching away. My uncle, apparently, had a daughter living in holland who I only heard about this year. She had made contact with one of the family, and he had asked some others if they would like to write - the aunt who told me didnt bother - like the war baby ladies, she wanted to know where her line came from. I dont know how you chaps feel about the babies you leave behind, many of whom are beyond middle age. I think its very sad. If this post reunites just one pair...... nice thought huh.