Some Memorial Day Thoughts

My father is the 2nd Lieutenant on the right

As the saying goes… freedom is not free.

My father joined the National Guards back in the thirties and then transferred to the Army Reserves shortly after that. His unit was the 242nd Coastal Artillery and he was stationed at the outbreak of WW II on Fisher’s Island protecting the sub base in New London and Long Island Sound from the Germany submarines. Later he was transferred down to Key West Florida to Fort Taylor for coastal defense.

After VE Day his unit was reorganized into an anti-aircraft battalion and he was stationed in New Guinea. Then later, because he was a civil engineer he was put in charge of rebuilding Manila’s water and sewer systems.