Your family military history
Grandad and his brother fought in ww2. His brother died in Africa.
Cousin fought in the Falklands war 1982.
Grandad was in Africa in ww2. Never fired a shot in anger apparently
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Grandfather was a soldier in WW1. He got shot in North Africa by a Berber in a skirmish and was seriously wounded, fucking ragheads ! My father and uncles were in the Army in WW2 though I don't know the gory details.
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Grandpa was in the Royal Navy during WW2
Grandad was in the Royal Navy during WW2 and became a P.O.W in Japan
Dad was also in the Royal Navy for a bit in the early 1970s
Grandpa on my moms side fought and was shot in WW2 while fighting against Soviet Union on the side of the Nazi's. He was one of those Ukrainian Nazis.
My dad was in the Yugoslavian army before marrying a morbidly obese American woman and moving to USA. he has a funny joke about his military service.
"I joined the army for three reasons,
1. I love my country
2. I am a patriot
3. They forced me to go"
My dad's mom was in the WAVES. She was in Washington, DC during WWII, doing office work.
His dad was in the army during WWII, but I have no idea what he did. He never talked about it.
My mom's dad lied about his age to get into the military when he was a year too young. His birth certificate was destroyed in a fire. He looks like a kid in the picture I saw of him in uniform. He was stationed in Alaska during the last year of the war.
My dad would have gone to Vietnam, but his foot was crushed in a motorcycle accident when he was a teenager.
MY GRANDFATHER SERVED IN WWII...HE WAS A JAPANESE POW FOR ALMOST TWO YEARS AND RECEIEVED THE PURPLE HEART AFTER RECEIVING A BACK FULL OF SCHRAPNEL.
MY FATHER WAS A DRAFT DODGING HIPPIE WHO ATTENDED WOODSTOCK AND NEVER REALLY LEFT.
On the male side of my lineage, We participated in all the modern wars (for America). Not sure about the Revolutionary or Civil War stuff. Right up to my dad in Nam. I pretty much killed that trend off. Nobody from my mother's side was ever in the military. I didn't have kids. Buck pretty much stops here. We got a few trunks of gnarly old war memorabilia in the attic.
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