The men of i company

Gator 45/70 · Sep 20, 2020

On October 20th, 1944, as World War 2 raged on, the 24th Infantry Division, along with other units of the U.S. Army, made an amphibious landing on the beaches of Leyte Island in the Philippines. This began the eight month campaign of battles to liberate the Philippines from 3 ½ years of brutal Japanese occupation. Included in this fight were the young men of I Company of the 3rd Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment.

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whbonney26 · Sep 20, 2020

I have a Jap flag that my Grandfather Noble McAllister brought home from the war. It is made of silk and has blood stains on it. He said "They didn't fly this one anymore" as he gave it to me.

My grandfather was wounded three separate times and all three times sent home he reenlisted in the war so his mom and father would receive the 100 dollar bounty for him enlisting. He fought all over Europe and a tour in the Pacific. I wish he would have told me more stories. He never told me but after he passed I found a newspaper article where he armed himself with grenade and rifle and took out an enemy German machinegun nest and rescued his platoon. He was awarded the Bronze Star for that. He never mentioned it to us though. His words about the war were few and far between.

340six · Sep 20, 2020

Great read thanks.

krotsman · Sep 20, 2020

My grandfather was a combat engineer in 30th Infantry. He never really talked about it much either. I do know that he jumped out of a truck during an ambush and knocked out a few teeth and then just had the dentist pull all of them so he wouldn't have to bother with it. Also, he turned down 2 or 3 purple hearts because he didn't want to seem like a goldbrick... He did receive the Belgian Croix de Guerre, which would be similar to a US Bronze or Silver Star, but again, never talked about it. They were a different breed.

Interesting side story, He sent over 30 guns back from overseas but only 2 made it home. He said the Army postal guys would slap their own home address label on stuff if they thought it was something of value/interest. Try taking ANY kind of "spoils of war" home these days. Not gonna happen...

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