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Originally posted by Grampy BobbyAirforce and army. Lost 4 maternal uncles (2 servived) 92 year old Dad and 90 year old uncle (paternal) still alive. All joined 1939. War is such a waste.
Veterans Day, 2008
Throughout human history, freedom has been won and preserved through military victory. Air Force and Naval Veterans in our family.
How about in yours?
>In WWII, my father landed in the beaches of Normandy and was part of the liberation of Holland; mother served in England. My uncle won the DSO with bar. Two aunts also served.
>My grandfather served in both WWI and WWI, fighting his way up Vimy Ridge in the Great War and being the CO of his regiment in WWII, later training medical officers for service and being awarded the OBE. His older brother was gassed at Ypres and his younger brother was killed shortly after Vimy. My great-uncle served as chaplain of his division. Three other great-uncles served in the Great War, one being a veterinarian which was badly needed in that war.
>My great-grandfather fought in the Northwest Rebellion and was recommended for a VC for his gallantry, and later became chaplain of his regiment.
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyRevolutionary War, Texas Independence, Civil War and 3 uncles and my father in WW2. I served in the Navy 73-75 (Battles of Bourbon Street).
Veterans Day, 2008
Throughout human history, freedom has been won and preserved through military victory. Air Force and Naval Veterans in our family.
How about in yours?
Originally posted by Grampy BobbyWent to Home Depot yesterday.They're having a 10% off sale for Vets only. They needed proof of my veteranism. I showed them my MACV card (Military Assistance Command Vietnam). The cashier wouldn't accept it. Guess my foot long scar from my sucking chest wound wouldn't have qualified either, could have been from a street fight. Took me 30 yrs for the VA to accept the fact that my lung filled up with blood when i got a cold, because of my military experiences. Imagine that! It was the Vietnam Veteran Door Gunners Association that helped me qualify for benefits. Not the Gov't, or the Americam people. F Americas phony Vets Day!
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Originally posted by Great Big SteesMy mother lost two of her three brothers. They were both still teenagers who were sent to war in 1945, shortly before the war ended. They were never given the chance to grow up, form their own opinion and make their own decisions, but were rather used as fuel for a lost cause by an evil madman and his followers. What a waste indeed.
Airforce and army. Lost 4 maternal uncles (2 servived) 92 year old Dad and 90 year old uncle (paternal) still alive. All joined 1939. War is such a waste.
Originally posted by Nordlys:'(
My mother lost two of her three brothers. They were both still teenagers who were sent to war in 1945, shortly before the war ended. They were never given the chance to grow up, form their own opinion and make their own decisions, but were rather used as fuel for a lost cause by an evil madman and his followers. What a waste indeed.