Crew Internment

[billrunnels]

My original crew, 2nd LT. Howard C. Lacker, was lost in a mid-air collision near Leipzig, Germany on April 6, 1945. I didn't learn of their internment locations until years after the accident. These pictures were taken by strangers who became friends.

Zachery Taylor National Cemetery - Louisville, Kentucky
Common Grave: Lacker, Foster, Reynolds

Ardennes American Cemetery - Liege, Belgium
Individual Graves: O'neil, Mooneyham Jr, Bratcher, Garbarino

My heros and friends forever.

Bill Runnels

 

[fubar57]

 

[mighty_8th]

My original crew, 2nd LT. Howard C. Lacker, was lost in a mid-air collision near Leipzig, Germany on April 6, 1945. I didn't learn of their internment locations until years after the accident. These pictures were taken by strangers who became friends.

Zachery Taylor National Cemetery - Louisville, Kentucky
Common Grave: Lacker, Foster, Reynolds

Ardennes American Cemetery - Liege, Belgium
Individual Graves: O'neil, Mooneyham Jr, Bratcher, Garbarino

My heros and friends forever.

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[Gnomey]

 

[ARTESH]

RIP Heroes.

 

[Wurger]

 

[wlewisiii]

 

[mikewint]

Bill, at the very least your friends have an honored resting place. Most of my friends simply vanished and their fate known only to God. That they died quickly is a prayer.

Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky;
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

Thanks and praise, for our days,
'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, neath the sky;
As we go, this we know, God is nigh.

 

[GrauGeist]

 

[billrunnels]

Bill, at the very least your friends have an honored resting place. Most of my friends simply vanished and their fate known only to God. That they died quickly is a prayer.
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Day is done, gone the sun,
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky;
All is well, safely rest, God is nigh.

Thanks and praise, for our days,
'Neath the sun, 'neath the stars, neath the sky;
As we go, this we know, God is nigh.

God does know and that is a comforting thought. I did not learn of the resting places of my crew for fifty years after the war. Thanks for your thoughtful post.

 

[at6]

Bill, Remember them as they were and though they didn't get to come home as you did, God had you live in memory of them.

 

[billrunnels]

Bill, Remember them as they were and though they didn't get to come home as you did, God have you live in memory of them.

Thanks for the beautiful thought