Reg Meffert was with 3rd Royal Australian Regiment, 4 pl B COY AUSTRALIAN ARMY in NIU DAT. He was a forward scout and sometimes tail end charlie on operations. He would go out as a company numbering 3 platoons consisting of 4 sections of 11 men. He served one mission in with the Army in [Read More]
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Clive Murdell Holland served in the Army in WWII in Africa, then with the 1471st Maintenance Engineers in France and Germany. After arriving at a French Port Clive boarded a troop transport train headed for Camp Lucky Strike, a major staging point for front line troops. The train was over loaded with troops and with mechanical problems. [Read More]
Bruce Johnson enlisted and Served in the Navy during the Vietnam War in the late 1960’s. Bruce was stationed in Okinawa Japan where he fulfilled his role as a construction Forman during his two years of service. Upon return from his Military Service, Bruce completed his Masters Electrical License and ran his fathers business for [Read More]
Lyle served honorably as a Navy radio man from 1942-1946. He served on several islands throughout the pacific ocean during. Towards the end of World War 2 Lyle was re-assigned to San Francisco where he was one of the 1st people in the continental United States to learn of the Japanese surrender and consequently the [Read More]
Navigator in the Army Air Corps. Served in WWII. Stationed in Greenland where he flew reconnaissance. Jack Kidd enlisted in the Army shortly after the beginning of WWII. When he was dropped off at the bus to travel to basic training, his father had just received word that he was dying, and would never see his [Read More]