I Met Some Really Cool People Today

Elwood · October 18, 2003

I got a real treat today. I give tours on our campus sometimes when we have visitors. Sometimes it's prospective students and sometimes it's groups from local schools, but today's group was the best one I've had yet.

This morning I gave a tour to 6 men and their wives. These men were all here at this school in 1943 training to be pilots and navigators on B-29s. This is the second reunion they've had. A few of them were here for the last reunion 10 years ago, but some had not been here since 1943. It was a great time. I showed them around and let them see how much things have changed, and they told me about how everything used to look and how it used to be. It was really cool to see these guys who had come from all over the country talking and laughing and joking just like time had never passed. And the stories they had were wonderful.

I had to cut the tour a little short, because i had a test adn I could't be late for it, so I left them near the library because they wanted to see the archives. After my test I went over to see if they were still there and they were. They had found all the old newspapers with the pictures of the training that went on here and they showed me some of the pictures of them and what this place looked like then. It was awesome, I just wish I could've spent the rest of the day with them.

MiSdIrEcTeD_1 · October 18, 2003

Sounds awesome... WWII guys are becoming less and less, and its sad that their stories fade with them. Here at the airport where Im doing my commercial training, a big group of WWII pilots meet once a month and tell stories. Ive sat in a few times, and must say they are all some very amazing people and some damned good pilots.

MCourson · October 18, 2003

Sweet. We just found out not too long ago that my grandpa is considerd a WWII vet. He was stationed in germany during the Korean war and that was still considered WWII occupation.