My four years of Army service in the late 60s, including a year in Vietnam. My late father’s flying in World War II and his Air Force career thereafter, and Mr. Boy’s late maternal grandfather who flew in Vietnam and made a career of the Navy. My nephew’s current service as a Navy pilot. A Mississippi cousin-by-marriage who is currently in the Army. My late great uncle from Dallas whose Navy unit landed on Omaha Beach on the first day, and his nephew who was there on the second day with the Army. Another late great uncle from Mississippi who drove Army ammunition trucks in World War I, and a cousin who served in the Spanish-American war, although his unit never left its training camp in Houston. Before that there was family in the Confederacy, the Mexican War, the Texas Revolution and the American Revolution. Veterans all.
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We need to remember them all. My one Uncle (who is my godfather) was on a ship that was torpedoded in the English Channel on Christmas Eve. (Thank God he is still alive). He tells some funny stories about finding some caves filled with wine the Germans hid.I had another Uncle who was on a ship in the Navy in the Korean War. The fella I work for when I was in highschool served with Patton as a “tank reedemer”. They went in to destroyed tanks to try an salvage what they could. (Not a very good job). As all my grandparents were born and imigrated from Poland, I am sure I have other ancestors that fought against the various “hordes” of Europe.
And, of course, you, Joe, fought and were wounded in the Army in Vietnam. Thanks for stopping by.