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Laurie Scott Mahaffey writes:
My father was William H. Scott, Sr, 2nd Lt, of Pasadena, Texas.
If any of the men still living from this unit remember my dad, I would
love to hear from them.
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The Army Records Center sent
me some paperwork, and I found out he received 2 bronze stars.
My dad will always be one of my heroes. I have a picture of him and the
327th Engineers taken at Camp Swift that is a treasure. Daddy is the one
with the broadest shoulders on the front row. He was 6 feet tall & older
than many enlistees; he was over 30 when he went in.
My father was at Ft Belvoir, VA for a while. He said the boys from the
South all knew how to drive because they had been driving cars,
tractors, or trucks all their lives. The Northern boys who lived in the
big cities didn't have cars, so the Southerners taught them how to
drive.
My dad never talked about his military experience except for things not
related to how bad it was. I know he went overseas on a ship, the Queen
Elizabeth (?). He had worked on a ship during the Depression, so wasn't
as seasick as the other young men. He said when they reached Britain,
they all got out & kissed the ground.
For a time, they were in Holland, I believe. The people there had so
little, yet one of the families had chickens & provided my dad with
fresh eggs. He wrote to this family after the war & sent them things
from the US that they had a hard time getting.
My dad was MIA for a short time. A family friend who worked for a Texas
senator helped find him in a field hospital. He had cellulitis in his
feet from wet boots. He also had problems with shell shock & was sent to
a military hospital in Kentucky for treatment.
After the war, he & my mom were married & moved to Oklahoma, where they
lived close to Fort Sill. They were walking down the street one day when
a former Army buddy saw him and hugged him, crying, "Lt Scott! We
thought you were dead."
Both my parents were definitely part of the Greatest Generation. My mom
was a plane spotter in her after-work hours.
Thank you for the opportunity to honor my dad.
Laurie Scott Mahaffey
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* Photos will be added later.
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