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A tribute to my Uncle Eddie, my mother's sister's husband.
My Aunt Billie (Mommy B and my Uncle Eddie met when Eddie went to my maternal Grandmother's home to catch a ride back to Ellington AFB with my Daddy. It was December 7, 1941. A friend of my Aunt's called to tell them of the attack on Pearl Harbor; they turned the radio on and all stood around crying. A day or so later, Daddy went home to his parents' in Missouri. When he arrived there, a telegram was waiting telling him to get back to Ellington.
Uncle Eddie went on to win 5 bronze stars. He was in communications. He made a cook out of a German soldier who surrendered to him. The guy asked to be shot as it was a disgrace to be captured or to surrender. When Eddie found out the Germans had imposed a curfew on the townspeople of a small French town, after they were freed, he held a street dance to celebrate and was made Mayor of the town. Mommy B says Eddie talked little about it. Even though he was asked to go to Officers' School, he only wanted to finish and get out. He was a "good ole foot soldier".
l to r: my mom, my daddy, "mommy b" & uncle eddie.
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