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259424 Pvt. John B. Kimak United States Air Force Coy E. 506th Parachute Infantry Regimentt from:Pittsburgh, PA John Kimak, Junior 1924 - 2014, was my grandpap, and this is his story. My grandfather was 18 years old, from Woods Run Ave, 15212, Pittsburgh, PA when he enlisted in the military in WW2. Grandpap entered the military on 30th of November 1942, where he did his training in Georgia and was separated 26th of December 1945. He served with the 101st Airborne Division USAAF. I wish I had more to share. I wish I had asked more questions when I was younger, when he was alive. I wish I had just paid more attention to his stories. The following is information I received from my uncle (his son). Grandpap was a WWII Army soldier who saw action in the invasion of Europe on D-day. He was in the 101st Airborne Paratrooper, 506th Regiment - Regimental Headquarters Company, Company E, the original Band of Brothers. His job was to hook up phone wires for communications. He was eventually captured by the Germans and spent most of the war in a German prison camp, Stalag 4F Workcamps Hartmannsdorf-Chemnitz Saxony 51-12. Here we know he and the others were not treated very well. He was a POW from 7th of June 1944 until 7th of May 1945, a month short of being a full year. His rank when discharged was Private and it was an administrative screw-up that he wasn't officially Private First Class. If anyone knew him, or served, or was a POW with him, I would love to know. I do not have all the facts and I know his name is missing from so many sites. John B Kimak Jr 101stPIR training camp in Georgia Pvt. John B Kimak Jr Add to this record.  Related Content: 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, US Army 101st Airborne Division, US Army D Day and the Battle of Normandy Stalag 4F Prisoner of War Camp Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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