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Lesley Staite's Quest for her G.I. father, John Chermack-Powell (3)
It was suggested that I try to determine just where he was stationed and what unit he was attached to. I found out that, during WWII, there was a large US army base in Ashchurch, just outside Tewkesbury. I went on line and found the Tewkesbury Historical Society web page, hoping that someone in that organization may have some information on this US base. I was given the information that they had a little , it was a very small start.
When I visited the UK in November of 2005, I got permission to visit the Ashchurch base where I knew my dad had been. I thought this may be the nearest I ever get to being near my dad, for sure he walked these pathways. I was overcome with such emotion to think after all these years I was so close, but yet so far away from the dad I never knew, and who's name – his family name should have been or could have been mine !!