I must be getting old.....
.....everyone here talking about their grandfathers in WW2. I had two Uncles and one Aunt in WW2. Two in the PTO and one in the ETO. Heck I have pictures of WW1 aircraft in Fla from my Great Uncle who was in the airforce there. Funny to see the biplanes.
Anyway, my Uncle in the ETO was shot down over Kiel Germany June 13th, 1943. He as a B-17 pilot. The target was the uboat pens. My aunt in the PTO was a WAVE and overseen 30 nurses. She was a tough bird after that experience. She passes away about 8 years ago. My other uncle the PTO worked on the aircraft carriers although he never talks about it. He was an aircraft mechanic and also worked on the torpedoes. One day he went flying with a hot dog pilot. Loops and rolls, etc. He never went flying again, EVER, since that day. He lives in Minehill NJ and had worked for Mars/MM after the war. Although his mind fails him every now and then, he is doing well.