Randomguy Posted May 26, 2017 Share #1 Posted May 26, 2017 My family was lucky, and they were in the military between wars. Grandfather, father, brother, uncle, all unscathed. How did your family do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris... Posted May 26, 2017 Share #2 Posted May 26, 2017 Pretty lucky here too. My Grandad was in WW2 for 5 years in N. Africa. He survived. My wife's uncle survived Vietnam. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Posted May 26, 2017 Share #3 Posted May 26, 2017 I was the same as you RG. My Grandfather was blind in one eye so they would not let him go to WW1, my dads generation was too young for WWII. No one served during Korea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddmaxx ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #4 Posted May 26, 2017 I survived. My dad survived. (good thing) My first cousin survived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilbur ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #5 Posted May 26, 2017 Great grandfather injured in a Anglo-Afghan war. Just a bayonet stab in the shoulder in Kandahar. One grandfather gassed in the trenches in WWI. He lived to 70 years of age but with numerous mustard gas related problems. Otherwise everyone was fine. I lost one friend in the military and several in civilian flying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caretaker Posted May 26, 2017 Share #6 Posted May 26, 2017 My Grandfather served in WWI, he never came back, at least not till the fifties when my grandmother died and he came back for the funeral. He's my hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JerrySTL ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #7 Posted May 26, 2017 An uncle died a couple of days after D-Day. In my 24 years in the USAF, I didn't know anyone who died in a war zone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Far ★ Posted May 26, 2017 Share #8 Posted May 26, 2017 The 2Fars have been tweeners all the way back to WWI. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisL Posted May 26, 2017 Share #9 Posted May 26, 2017 Both of my grandfathers died during the Japanese occupation of Indonesia during WW II. My Dad was a POW but survived. My oldest brother survived The Nam, barely... Middle Brother and I both got recalled for the 1st Gulf War but didnt mobilize. Lost a friend while serving in a non combat death. Had a bullet wizz by inches from my head while on patrol as an MP and nearly got hit 2 other times with accidental discharges. I'll admit I'm a lucky fucker.... My family has caught every war since WW I (for 2 different nations) and a couple of of other wars not in our history books since they were Dutch colonial wars in Indonesia. Service in the military, although never forced upon us, was something every male in our lineage has done for many generations. Looks like its ending with my brother and my sons. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgun Posted May 26, 2017 Share #10 Posted May 26, 2017 A great uncle died in WWI. That is all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TrentonMakes Posted May 26, 2017 Share #11 Posted May 26, 2017 I am also among the lucky ones. Both my grandfathers fought in WWII and both came home intact. My best friend from high school has served (I think) four tours in Iraq and Afghanistan post-9/11 and he came home each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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