207452 Sgt. Robert Lara Morales USAAF 855th Bomb Squad from:S. Shellman Ave, El Paso, Texas My father, Robert Morales was a gunner on a B-17 and was in Normandy. When I was a young girl growing up he never liked to talk about his time in the war. It wasn't until he was 90 that he shared bits and pieces with me. He told me about crossing the English Channel and he also told me about coming home on the Queen Mary. I have his Army Air Force papers and I have pictures of him in his uniform and with some Army buddies. I am so proud of my father and have such deep admiration and respect for him.
My son is a sophomore in high school and doing a research paper on D-Day. He is amazed at everything that happened and is so proud of the fact that his grandfather was there. He was only 7 years old when my dad died so he never got a chance to talk to his grandpa about the war and D-Day but he knows now what his grandfather's contribution to history is and is so proud of him. He earned the Good Conduct, European, African and Middle Eastern Campaign medals.
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