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Grandad was a D-Day paratrooper who finished the war in the Pacific theater. Was a real rear end in a top hat, but can't say he wasn't a war hero.
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My grandpa got to work on installation and testing of the silver plate b-29s instruments. E: he was enlisted as an airman of some kind but by 1944 / 45 was back stateside just working on planes.
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My mom's dad was a army engineer in the Pacific during WW2 My ex father in law fought in Italy during WW2 My dad was Il national guard and deployed to Chicago twice in 1968 for the MLK riots and again during the DNC riots.
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One of my grandfathers ended up in the North Atlantic 3 times until they figured out he enlisted under his cousins name and was only 16. My other Grandfather enlisted pre-war, was stationed in Iceland just before the war with Germany, was a radar/Radio operator on PBY's out of Morocco, got some assists on a couple of U boats, then got TDY'd to some admiral and flew all around Africa, then they were set to reassign him to the Pacific in carrier Aviation. So one of his buddies from pre-war was an officer now and had some pull, he wrote to him wanting to well not go to the Pacific and his buddy hooked him up and stationed him in NYC. POG life.
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Itchy_Grundle posted:My wife’s grandpa did exactly the same thing—Seabee who did a lot of cargo work. Was that common? No idea. He thought he was going to be building buildings since he went in as an E-6 because he was an experienced framer and had done a ton of work in the new deal work camps. He said most of the people they put on the cranes were horrible at it so he tried it once and...well you know how it goes when you show a slight amount of competence at a thing in the military. That is now your main loving job no matter what now.
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My wife’s grandfather was an army air reserve officer on his AT in pearl when poo poo kicked off and he ended up staying the length of war. Was in charge of a bunch of women dealing with asset tracking in the pacific. Stuck in a small TS village with them. Ended up dating more than half of them including my wife’s future grandmother. He retired as a full bird in the 60s. On my moms side of the family my great uncle retired an e8 after serving in both WW2 and Korea.
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ded posted:No idea. He thought he was going to be building buildings since he went in as an E-6 because he was an experienced framer and had done a ton of work in the new deal work camps. He said most of the people they put on the cranes were horrible at it so he tried it once and...well you know how it goes when you show a slight amount of competence at a thing in the military. That is now your main loving job no matter what now. "Can Do!", the history of the Bees stand up through around 44 talks about it, they needed steveadores so they grabbed men and threw them at it and it worked out. Like, Battalion's worth of men were voluntold to do it.
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Dec 16, 2019 23:17
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Mr. Nice! posted:There are still civil war pensions being paid in 2019. How the gently caress is that a thing?
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Going to guess: Civil war vet married someone when he was near death (~1920’s), and somehow had a kid that’s still alive.
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bird cooch posted:How the gently caress is that a thing? Grow to be really old and marry someone really young. That said, I think the last "civil war widow" died a year or two ago.
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bird cooch posted:How the gently caress is that a thing? Children of surviving spouses and a gross wedding
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My grandpa was in the Pacific and after what he went through told my dad something along the lines that he'd kill him before he deployed to Viet Nam if he got drafted. Dad found a way out.
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What's the difference between AWOL and desertion? Is it a length of time thing?
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Leavemywife posted:What's the difference between AWOL and desertion? Is it a length of time thing? IIRC 30+ days awol equals desertion
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Icon Of Sin posted:Going to guess: It's this. Civil War vet in his late 70s married a young woman in the 1920s, they had a kid who is elderly but still alive today, or was as of a few years ago. History wasn't that long ago, which explains why some people today are shittier than you may think they should be given how "civilized" we are now.
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What's a civil war pension even pay, $20 a month? E: $73/month to an 88-year old daughter Slim Pickens fucked around with this message at 00:14 on Dec 17, 2019 |
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Dec 17, 2019 00:11
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Isn't desertion also during a time of war or armed conflict, or to avoid hazardous duty?
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Dec 17, 2019 00:12
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Go check out the one about John Tyler's grandsons.
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Dec 17, 2019 00:15
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if you bank with USAA then you're basically in the military
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colachute posted:if you bank with USAA then you're basically in the military Hi grover, have you seen the podcast about your house yet?
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Grandpa's story is a bit muddled. It sounds like he was going to be drafted during Korea, so he joined the Marines instead. Then they moved him to the reserves because his job at the railroad was considered essential to the national defense. He spent some time in Hawaii and that's about it. He hated it. Mom and dad joined the Air Force in the early 80s because the economy really sucked. Dad did 8, 1 being an unaccompanied tour in Korea that ended right after Desert Storm was over. There were rumors flying around that he wouldn't be allowed out and might be sent to Iraq immediately afterwards, obviously it didn't happen. He wishes he'd finished out his time in the guard or reserves and had another retirement coming to him. Mom did 7ish active, got out for 12, and joined the guard a couple months before 9/11. She finished out her career and starts getting her retirement in a few months. No real heroics in our family. Edit: My cousin managed to get tossed out of the army in 2005 or thereabouts for going AWOL. Might have actually been desertion since it seems unlikely that you'd be outright kicked out for regular AWOL during the height of Iraq. Her sister didn't learn anything from this and joined after her sister had been kicked out. My aunt claimed that she got an early honorable discharge because her army boyfriend beat her up. I have my doubts since my aunt told everyone a couple of years ago that domestic violence ended her marriage. Which was correct in a way. Except my cousin beat up her husband, he got custody of the kids, and she's apparently a junkie. Casimir Radon fucked around with this message at 00:24 on Dec 17, 2019 |
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LingcodKilla posted:My wife’s grandfather was an army air reserve officer on his AT in pearl when poo poo kicked off and he ended up staying the length of war. Was in charge of a bunch of women dealing with asset tracking in the pacific. Stuck in a small TS village with them. Ended up dating more than half of them including my wife’s future grandmother. What's a TS village
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my grandfather was drafted during korea. i have his draft letter here and his basic training yearbook from fort devens he was a quartermaster in the army. served his time in france. lucky dude and he died right after i took my oath, he was all about it it.his brother was a navy firefighter. my dad grew his hair long and listened to john fogerty. i tell my kids that i don't want them enlisting. I served so they wouldn't have to.
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Milo and POTUS posted:What's a TS village Super secure (for the time) small compound that housed all the people working in tracking fleet movement. They got weekend passes to go to Honolulu but otherwise they had to stay on the compound. IE top secret
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I'm pretty sure I posted this before but I'm a seventh generation veteran. all the men in my family have done at least one term of service, with my last name and my family's heritage I don't really want to look too far into it. This will be the end of that chain with my daughter hopefully.
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LingcodKilla posted:Super secure (for the time) small compound that housed all the people working in tracking fleet movement. They got weekend passes to go to Honolulu but otherwise they had to stay on the compound. Keep a black light away from that place, gotcha
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https://twitter.com/USArmyPAO/status/1206725290992570368 fuckin laffo, why would you do this
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MA-Horus posted:https://twitter.com/USArmyPAO/status/1206725290992570368 Reading the post on the DoD page, it looks like they're going for a "how we were seen through the eyes of our enemy" angle. Which, in and of itself, isn't a bad idea. Illustrating it with a giant glamour shot of the Head Nazi In Charge probably isn't the best choice given the current climate. "This post is the first in a series that will tell the entire story of the Battle of the Bulge through January 22nd." Hopefully it ends with a photo of him dead in a ditch or something.
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What the gently caress ?
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MA-Horus posted:https://twitter.com/USArmyPAO/status/1206725290992570368 jfc the DoD facebook even. https://www.facebook.com/114648515718/posts/10157980079840719/?d=n Apparently that's Joachim Peiper quote:The Malmedy massacre was a war crime committed by members of Kampfgruppe Peiper (part of the 1st SS Panzer Division), a German combat unit led by Joachim Peiper, at Baugnez crossroads near Malmedy, Belgium, on December 17, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. According to numerous eyewitness accounts, 84 American prisoners of war were massacred by their German captors: the prisoners were assembled in a field and shot with machine guns. France eventually, prevailed. quote:Residing in France since 1972, Peiper led a quiet and discreet life; however, he continued to use his given name. In 1974, he was identified by a former Communist resistance member of the region who issued a report for the French Communist Party. In 1976, a Communist historian, investigating the Gestapo archives, found the Peiper file.[126] On 21 June, tracts denouncing his presence were distributed in Traves. A day later, an article in the communist newspaper L'Humanité revealed Peiper's presence in Traves and he received threats that his house would be burned down and his dogs killed.[127] That Works fucked around with this message at 02:24 on Dec 17, 2019 |
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Well that's certain a social media post. Someone needs to sit that PA dude down and have a chat. Dad fixed F-106s, 15s, 16s, A-10s, B-52s, and C-130s, then became a cop and spent most of the next 20 as a personal crimes detective. A couple of uncles (twins) did air assault stuff in Vietnam. One grandpa was in during Korea but I don't think he was over there, other grandpa was in the ETO; his wife/my grandma's first husband died on Bataan. He was an abusive alcoholic whom she hadn't seen for the last couple of years before he joined/got drafted. They just never bothered going through with the divorce, then it just sorta worked itself out.
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My great great grandfather was a general in the Tzar’s army who left around the time of the revolution to go to Czechoslovakia. When the nazis took over, my great grandfather, who was a then a civil engineer, helped blow up bridges he designed. Both my grandpas were in the USAF as maintainers. A great uncle died over Vietnam or Laos flying for the USAF. My other great uncle lost his arm in Vietnam. My uncles were in the marines and navy. My cousins were in Iraq at the same time as me as a marine and a corpsman. My former marine uncle was also in Iraq at the same time as a govt civilian. I managed to talk my brother out of joining as a medic in like 2009ish. I’ll do the same for my kid unless she wants to be like a USAF vending machine restocker or something shamtastic like that.
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Mr. Nice! posted:There are still civil war pensions being paid in 2019. Really? How the gently caress.
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MA-Horus posted:https://twitter.com/USArmyPAO/status/1206725290992570368 Y I K E S
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My great Uncle was a sub captain during ww2. He was stationed at pearl when it got attacked but he and his crew were out to sea before it started. My great aunt was on her way to (or getting read for?) church when things popped off and from their housing on a hillside got to watch the 1st wave of poo poo come in before they hid in a wooded area for a while before hunkering down with other civilians. I remember getting to talk to her about it when I was 14 or so before she passed.
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Flying_Crab posted:Really? How the gently caress. bird cooch posted:How the gently caress is that a thing? Icon Of Sin posted:Going to guess: hobbesmaster posted:Grow to be really old and marry someone really young. FAUXTON posted:Children of surviving spouses and a gross wedding A Bad Poster posted:It's this. Civil War vet in his late 70s married a young woman in the 1920s, they had a kid who is elderly but still alive today, or was as of a few years ago. Slim Pickens posted:What's a civil war pension even pay, $20 a month? FAUXTON posted:Go check out the one about John Tyler's grandsons. Deja vu
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Flying_Crab posted:Really? How the gently caress.  I definitely enjoy imagining this being said by a pissed off General Sherman.
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piL posted:
ya I was aware of those stories but I'm still incredulous that one of them is still alive today.
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Wingnut Ninja posted:
lived until the 1970s when some frenchies got payback edit: or some Candians or whoever took a field trip
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