Winnipesaukee Forum - View Single Post - D-Day....June 6, 1944

Barney Bear · 06-07-2013, 11:27 AM

I was nine years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. I heard the announcement on the radio and asked my mother "Where is Hawaii?". My father enlisted in the army medical corps in June 1942. We would visit him at Ft. Bragg in NC while he was in the 82nd Airborne [gliders], and later while on maneuvers in TN. He was transferred to the Third Army and crossed the English Channel on D-Day plus 17. He traveled across France and into Germany with the 35th evacuation hospital, operating on both American and German casualties. Dad returned home in late 1945. Both Mom and Dad were able to enjoy cruising on Lake Winnipesauke when we bought our first boat, and later visited our cottage on East Bear Island.

06-07-2013, 11:27 AM	#9
Barney Bear Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 962 Thanks: 495 Thanked 273 Times in 174 Posts	Wwii I was nine years old when Pearl Harbor was attacked. I heard the announcement on the radio and asked my mother "Where is Hawaii?". My father enlisted in the army medical corps in June 1942. We would visit him at Ft. Bragg in NC while he was in the 82nd Airborne [gliders], and later while on maneuvers in TN. He was transferred to the Third Army and crossed the English Channel on D-Day plus 17. He traveled across France and into Germany with the 35th evacuation hospital, operating on both American and German casualties. Dad returned home in late 1945. Both Mom and Dad were able to enjoy cruising on Lake Winnipesauke when we bought our first boat, and later visited our cottage on East Bear Island.