In Remembrance

Memorial Day 2010

A day for giving thanks for those who made the ultimate sacrifice and to those who fought for our country, past and present.

Today, I remember my father for his service to our great country, I remember him with great pride.

9-23-22~4-30-10 

 My father fought in WWII and was blessed to come home. He never lost sight of all those that fought along side him and did not come home. When he spoke of the war, it was always with deep emotion and pride.

 He volunteered for the service in U.S. Army December 8, 1941. He  was sent to Camp Roberts in the Salinas Valley in San Bernardino, California for infantry training and transferred to U.S. Army Signal Corps., in Sacramento, California. He attended Signal Corps Officer Candidate School in Monmouth, New Jersey and graduated top his class. He was then sent to Camp Crowder, WWII Signal Corps Training Camp in Missouri. He  was assigned to Unit 3101 Signal Service Battalion, Message Center Officer and was sent to China Burma and India Theater, by way of Australia on Troop Ship U.S. S. General McRae. The General J. H. McRae departed Long Beach 11 January 1945 for India via Melbourne, Australia, and reached Calcutta 20 February, 1945. As Communications Officer, he served as Ship Officer and Top Secret Officer. He arrived in Calcutta with his Unit and then he was sent to Burma Road, and served in Yunnanyi, China as Message Center Officer. He was in charge of top secret codes for all of China Theater. He Decoded  the FOR YOUR EYES ONLY, “Top Secret Message”, "To all Theater Chaplains, Prepare for Prayers of Thanksgiving for Immediate End of War due to use of Cataclysmic Weapon.”  By Order of President Harry S. Truman, George C. Marshall, War Chief of Staff, Washington, DC, decoded by LT. Frank R. Nye, Jr. 3101 Sig. Bn. The "Atomic Bomb" dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki three days later. 

 My father was in command of the last convoy out of Burma Road . His orders, when he reached China Burma border, were  cut 3 spans of wire on north side and 3 lines of wire on South side . His orders when he got to the other border were to cut all spans of wire, cut out all communication to the Burma India Border. He was then sent back from China to New Delhi, India, Theater headquarters. Stayed there until he was transferred to China Theater Headquarters in Shanghai,China. He left Shanghai when his time was up and landed in Fairfield-Sorinson Airbase in California. Shortly after, he headed back home to Texas. He was a Fighten'Texas Aggie, Class of 44'graduate and received his law degree from the University of Texas Law School. He practiced law until a few years before he passed away, he was quite a man, loved his country with a passion.

 

 

GoGod bless all who are still fighting to keep us free. 

God bless all of the families that have lost loved ones, I thank you for the service your loved one gave to our wonderful country, I thank you for your sacrifice. 

God Bless the USA!