WWII Soldier's Family Reunited with Piece of His Past | Finding Heroes | Ancestry®

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[dannykeane]

Subjects just like this deserves it OWN tv show

[KrissiCreates]

I am in tears over this video. It really touched my heart as my Father and his 2 brothers all served in WWII. My Uncle was a POW in Germany. I'm so thankful that this family got this opportunity to travel where their Husband and Father once served and to receive such an amazing treasure !!

[randomvintagefilm]

My precious father was shipped from a small town called Jefferson, Iowa to the South Pacific out of high school. He ended up in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in the Philippines. He suppressed all his memories for 50 years until they all came flooding back when he visited the Philippines in 1995. I miss you so much PaPa.

[lisas]

I found a letter in my Mother's things after she died it was a letter that a young man had wrote to her just days after the war ended. I tracked down his family and finally got in touch with one of his daughters. I sent her the letter and a picture of him. 🙂

[judypritchard]

My uncle was with the Saskatoon Light Infantry near Regalbuto on August 4 and was wounded but remained on duty. He received the military medal for gallenty. He was one of the lucky ones to come home. Did he suffer trauma, most definitely. They were brave young men

[Scotangel]

What an amazing story! That's so neat that the family get to have his ID bracelet!

[tabathasteele]

I love this so much. I love finding my own ancestors stories.

[mamaj]

This is absolutely beautiful.! You are wonderful people ! 😍 "The true soldier fights not because he hates what's in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." G.K. Chesterton.

[katrinaarthurs]

Thank you for bringing these stories to us. Seeing the Whitford name was a shock as that was my mother's last name. Thank you again.

[jocelyneavilla]

This saddens my heart all the lives in the death and wounded even after the war I'm French and I wouldn't have been born if it hadn't been for each one of you thank you for your services I live in America now and I would take a bullet for it I mean that wholeheartedly grateful for your services

[stulynn]

Very touching video. My uncle was a low country SC boy thrust onto Guadalcanal He saw things nobody ever should and also suffered PTSD till his death 😢

[amyrice]

So beautiful! All that research that goes into this is priceless to see these heartfelt responses.

[estherstephens]

Thank you for telling those stories. 😢😢

[fantasyprincessgirl]

I have a great grandpa who served as well!

[johnbethea]

I am a Vietnam War Veteran 1966-67 who as some wrote their names and wars that we were in under the butt stock plate of our rifles. I think that started in WW1 but not sure...

[javiermorales]

It was great to see that copies brought to be put together with the family

[suzannehaigh]

I have a Gt. Uncle who died at the Somme, no remains ever found but occationally something from a WW1 battle turns in in France

[christinabradley]

omg....this is great....love ancestry n what I does for alot of families!!!

[andreadaley]

A lot of people didnt realize the Canadians were in Italy. My grandfather fought there with the Ontario regiment from Oshawa