Why not have an in honor thread for Memorial Day.
I would like to honor my grandfather, Guy Ray Crist Jr. He spent half of World War two as a sergeant in an engineering unit on the tropical island of Attu, Alaska. I say tropical because apparently the army kept sending them tropical weight uniforms. The engineers job was to build and maintain the airfield and tiny little harbor docks on the island.
There was one Japanese attack on the island. My grandfather took his platoon and flanked the Japanese while his lieutenant held them off of the airbase. He received the Silver Star for this action... and a purple heart for shrapnel injuries.
After overseas duty, he transferred to Fort Benning GA, where he trained as a drill sergeant for paratroopers.
After the war, he raised my mother and then became my dad after my parents divorced.
He was a Master Carpenter and built 4 homes that I know of. He also drove a 1967 Mustang convertible until he died in 2004 from multiple heart attacks.
I would like to honor my grandfather, Guy Ray Crist Jr. He spent half of World War two as a sergeant in an engineering unit on the tropical island of Attu, Alaska. I say tropical because apparently the army kept sending them tropical weight uniforms. The engineers job was to build and maintain the airfield and tiny little harbor docks on the island.
There was one Japanese attack on the island. My grandfather took his platoon and flanked the Japanese while his lieutenant held them off of the airbase. He received the Silver Star for this action... and a purple heart for shrapnel injuries.
After overseas duty, he transferred to Fort Benning GA, where he trained as a drill sergeant for paratroopers.
After the war, he raised my mother and then became my dad after my parents divorced.
He was a Master Carpenter and built 4 homes that I know of. He also drove a 1967 Mustang convertible until he died in 2004 from multiple heart attacks.
