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[Dyne]

Originally Posted by Crono

He was held in Poland by the British? That seems kind of odd... because Poland was "liberated" by the USSR in 1945. I don't think the Western Allies went to Poland (because everything east of East Germany [including East Germany] turned communist under the influence of the USSR). I may be wrong, though, but I know that the USSR kind of took some control over Poland when the Warsaw Pact was signed shortly after WWII.

That's what you were taught. :P You can get more out of real life experience than out of textbooks. They'll disagree to it, but it happened.

[Joeiss]

My great grandfather fought in The Great War. He was shot in the leg by a rifle or something.. THe bullet entered his leg, then came out the other side... yep.

My uncle fought in Korea, nothing too big there I guess. But he doesn't like talking about it, so I can't really ask him questions.

My cousin's great grandfather (somehow related down the lines) fought in World War II. He was in some major battles... I would love to talk to him about it, but he doesn't really talk much anymore...

[Cyrax9]

Let's see, nice little list here:

- Maternal Grandfather: World War II - US ARMY Air Corps (Drafted)

- Paternal Uncle: Vietnam War (As he says, "'Nam fixed my @$ good." -- I question that assessment though)

- Cousin Tim: Gulf War (1991), was ofered command of a rather large Naval Vessel but opted out of it, my Uncle Tom NEvER lets him live this Down! (This is why Anti-Saddam Jokes fly around my house like Scuds over Baghdad)

- Great-Uncle Harry (Grandfather's Brother): US ARMY Air Corps, (Drafted) WWII

- Cousin Casey: Was enlisted in the US Marine Corps, but never saw active Combat.

I think that's everybody I *know* of that actually made it into the service and/or faught.

My father looked into the USAF but opted out at the last minute in the Cold War Era, I think my Uncle Tom may have considered a Military carreer as well, and while I'm not sure if he was in an actual Branch of the Armed forces (He may have been in the US ArmyA ir Corps durign WW II, have to ask my Aunt Mary about this one), my late Uncle Steve worked for the NSA for several years.

I *think* that's everyone who's had some sort of military connection, but I'll check the next time I see them (Those still living).

My Grandfather survived WWII but not before he had to bail out of a burning Bomber plane, ironically enough, the week after he was discharged, the person who replaced him was killed with his entire troop when their craft was shot down if memory serves me correctly, when he was alive he mentioned this about a year before his death. Also on a side-note before he was drafted, my entire family on his side was nearly arrested for "beaming signals to Musilini" as my Uncle puts it. Basically my Grandfather and his brother, my Great Uncl;e Harry, built an Antenna they say in "Popular Mechanics" to boost the singal to my Great-Grandfather's radio and wired it to the Firestation. The FBI came around one day and had no clue what it was so they took my entire family outside and questioned them. naturally, my Great-Grandparents didn't speak a WORD of English adn my Grandfather and Grea Uncle Harry had to explain that the Antenna was NOT for sending Military signals to Italy, but for Radio Recpetion for my Great-Grandfather's Radio. My Grandfather had to show them the copy of Popular Mechanics and weverything, my enitre family almost all wound up in Federal Prison! Ironically, about a year later, my Grandfather adn Great Uncle were drafted to serve in WWII.

Uncle Bill was stupid enough to enlist in the USAF for the Vietnam War when his EX-GIRLFRIEND had convinced him to go into Political Science. (That was his FIRST COllege degree out of many others.) He spent a good four years in Vietnam and somehow survived, but he's a little bit fo a "Whacky" guy, he's also the "North American Expert on Fish Diseases" which is basicaly a fancy PhD for Biology.

Cousin Tim wound up having to go to college AFTER hehad kids because of his time in Iraq. (Are you listening Cam!) He's now out of the service although he was moved around quite a bit in the Early 90's do to troop deployment.

Cousin Casey never saw active combat duty, and I think Great-Uncle Harry actually flew some missions over Germany.

As for who probably has the largest service record in tjhat group, it's either my Grandfather or my Great-Uncle Harry, but I'm not sure which, I know they were both drafted and they were both stationed in very differnt places at any given time.

I'm going to look into my Uncle Steve though, I'm pretty sure he had some service time as well, I'll check with my Aunt Mary, she should know.