In a message dated 5/28/01 4:58:45 PM Central Daylight Time, Groundhog55@aol.com writes: > Mike is right, today is truly a day to remember our armed forces, both past > and present. I salute all the men and women who have given so much to our > country. I also would like to honor my dad, PFC George D. Roney, who was > wounded and received a Purple Heart in the Battle of Saipan > > Sharon: > > Yes, Saipan was a terrible place to be, as attested to by the GI cemeteries > on it, I too was there 1944/1945/ early 1946. I was in the USNCB's > (Seabees) stationed at Kobler near Charan Konah, Chomoro civilian compound, > for the operation of Kobler Airforce Base, across from Eisley Field the > B-29 strip. I was one of the more fortunate ones, didn't get a scratch. The > Good Lord was looking out for me. > What outfit was your father with. we had 2 Marine Divisions and one Army > Division there to start with, later the pulled the Army unit out and > replaced it with another. Then the 2 Marine Divisions were pulled out. > > The reason I stayed a little over 6 months after t he war was over with we > had a group of fathers that had been sent to our outfit, who had left > Children at home and did not have the points to go back then, and there > was about 30 of us agreed to stay 30 extra days (we all had our points to > get out) to deactivate the base, so they could return. I guess we did too > good a job as they transferred us into another outfit, and knew they would > be going home soon, they did but called on us to deactivate another base up > at Main Side, near Tanapag Harbor. Hope your father recovered from his > wounds OK. > >