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I had 3 uncles as well as my father who served in WW 2. Two of them were in the US Navy, one in the Pacific one in the Atlantic. I don't have details on their service both were petty officers the one in the Atlantic was a gunner's mate on a 40mm mount. The third uncle served in the US Army landing late in the day on D-Day in France...as he put it "I didn't get my feet wet or shot at or anything." He went on to have a long post war career in the US Army retiring at the rank of Colonel.
My father was pre-war in the 36th Infantry Division, 36th Quartermaster Company, Signals section. He was transfered to HQ 6th Army at the Precidio in San Francisco when the unit deployed for overseas service due to a medical condition that prevented his going with them. He served in the cryptological section until the end of the war being medically discharged as a Captain. Post war he held the same position as a civilian.
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