Donald Gwynn
From: RANDYGMG1<at>aol.com
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2001 12:24 PM
To: biker<at>cwizard.com
Subject: DONALD R. GWYNN
Donald R. Gwynn is my father. His middle name is
Homer. From what I have been able to get out of him he was on the
LST 376 when it went down and that 608 of the crew were transferred to
the 282. He was in one of the 40's when the buzz bomb hit and was
injured by shrapnel and blown over the side along with one other man, who
were picked up by a fishing boat and turned over to the French underground
and returned to U.S. control later.
He was first listed as Killed In Action, and a service
was held in up-state New York for him. The good news is that
he is still living in up-state New York.
DONALD GWYNN
PO BOX 112
DELPHI FALLS NEW YORK
He was never awarded the Purple Heart for his injuries.
I want to get that awarded, he is not in good health, and has been on VA
disability for injuries sustained during W.W. II. We will be working
with the DAV and the American Legion on this matter. My sister is
printing off your web page to take to him.
May God bless and keep the faith that this will be the
last time we will ever have to send our young (men and women) into harms
way.
RANDY S. GWYNN
GMC "SW"
U.S.N. RET.
From Sheldon: The official
crew list showed Mr. Gwynn's middle initial as "R" but obviously it should
be "H". There were many errors of this type in the official records.
