tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post1524400744538539342..comments2024-03-28T19:45:08.560-05:00Comments on TYWKIWDBI ("Tai-Wiki-Widbee"): In memoriam, Lieut. L. Stanley Finseth, 1920-1943Minnesotastanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-40460692264628699462022-06-01T01:13:05.492-05:002022-06-01T01:13:05.492-05:00So Knute's father was one of those immigrants ...So Knute's father was one of those immigrants coming over to take our jobs but only managed to help start a college. I think that's a pretty common scenario, seems those immigrants got easily sidetracked into doing selfless things for the community.<br />xoxoxoBruceAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-60402196041827122772022-05-30T19:48:45.767-05:002022-05-30T19:48:45.767-05:00So easy to think World War II was ancient history....So easy to think World War II was ancient history. My father's two brothers lost their lives as airmen fighting the Germans. To his dying day my father would have nothing to do with Germans or anything German. WilliamRockethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06353376414079333348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-28609119233578497462022-05-30T11:44:32.801-05:002022-05-30T11:44:32.801-05:00Heart breaking. Thanks for reminding me to put ou...Heart breaking. Thanks for reminding me to put out my flag. I never like to see it "owned" by the Trump voters of my area. Crowboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615681320852482003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-3658399770488236102013-06-05T01:47:14.850-05:002013-06-05T01:47:14.850-05:00Stan -
In the Wiki article on bombing of Switzerl...Stan -<br /><br />In the Wiki article on bombing of Switzerland during the war, there is this mention:<br /><br />"On 1 October 1943, bombs were released by the USAAF over Samedan leading to property damage."<br /><br />Same day. It sounds like that might likely be the raid.<br /><br />No source given.SteveGinGTOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00697382976006839418noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-61743647329580561582013-05-29T04:13:52.196-05:002013-05-29T04:13:52.196-05:00As we say in my country, "Lest we forget"...As we say in my country, "Lest we forget". (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ode_of_Remembrance)<br /><br />With all due honour and respect, i hope you won't be offended by my saying that this photograph adds further weight to my impression that you seem to be a member of an all together strikingly handsome family!Jimnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-48496068480873916332013-05-28T13:02:59.552-05:002013-05-28T13:02:59.552-05:00If I had to guess, I'd say that 2nd Lt. Finset...If I had to guess, I'd say that 2nd Lt. Finseth was in the 99th Bomb Group. Just based on my own research on my grandfather, a copilot on a B-17 in the 15th AF, 483rd BG(H), 816th Squadron. He didn't arrive in North Africa until late 1943 or so. He had many stories of harrowing missions across the Alps (they ended up in Foggia, Italy, and flew over the Alps, across France, into Germany, and back the same way, mostly to avoid Austria and Switzerland). His group shared planes and an airfield with the 99th BG(H).<br /><br />It is sobering to think that so very many men were topi young to buy themselves a drink, but were carrying the free world on their shoulders.Nathannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-68354424871490040742013-05-27T21:02:24.659-05:002013-05-27T21:02:24.659-05:00Thank you for posting. What a good guy.
The mom ...Thank you for posting. What a good guy. <br /><br />The mom from ChicagoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-53371323402396665642013-05-27T20:00:41.665-05:002013-05-27T20:00:41.665-05:00I've heard the phrase (especially from Tom Bro...I've heard the phrase (especially from Tom Brokaw), but I don't know that I agree that that generation was any greater than for example the one before it.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-14827272449356880882013-05-27T19:41:43.218-05:002013-05-27T19:41:43.218-05:00The Greatest Generation. The Greatest Generation. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-64767246269569580262013-05-27T14:12:25.487-05:002013-05-27T14:12:25.487-05:00Interesting. Thank you. I'll try to do some ...Interesting. Thank you. I'll try to do some research on this flight.Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-82721927808845237882013-05-27T14:07:30.120-05:002013-05-27T14:07:30.120-05:00Switzerland was the target of a few allied bombing...Switzerland was the target of a few allied bombing raids during WWII. There have been (unconfirmed) rumors that some of them were targeting industries delivering critical materials for the war effort to the Germans (bombing of Maag, manufacturer of high precision gears)and being a little bid too friendly with Nazi Germany at that time.<br />The official version was that the bombers lost their bearing in bad weather and high winds and so on. I guess that is possible.<br />http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alliierte_Bombenabw%C3%BCrfe_auf_die_Schweiz<br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombings_of_Switzerland_in_World_War_II<br />Chemsolverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15583938835578479329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-15803780832486570602013-05-27T09:13:50.543-05:002013-05-27T09:13:50.543-05:00And there's an irony which I didn't spell ...And there's an irony which I didn't spell out in the post. My understanding is that his plane was severely damaged by German forces, then turned back toward neutral Switzerland, where it was shot down by the Swiss...Minnesotastanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01382888179579245181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4912713243046142041.post-21276301228568554692013-05-27T09:04:09.696-05:002013-05-27T09:04:09.696-05:00Every time I see a photo of the men who fought in ...Every time I see a photo of the men who fought in WWII I think of how very young they were. The fate of the world rested on such young shoulders. I guess that's always the way of war. <br /><br />This was a lovely tribute to your uncle.Cathy Mnoreply@blogger.com