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Real-life "Saving Private Ryan"
Posted on 4/25/16 at 7:47 am
Posted on 4/25/16 at 7:47 am
The Borgstrom Brothers
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When Rulon went missing, the Borgstrom family, with help from neighbors and the Utah congressional delegation, successfully petitioned for Boyd, the last Borgstrom son in the military, to be released from service. Shortly thereafter, he was transferred to the United States and discharged by special order of the Marine Corp’s commandant. Eldon, sometimes spelled Elton, who was not yet of enlistment age in 1944, was also exempted from military service.
This post was edited on 4/25/16 at 8:19 am
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Posted on 4/25/16 at 8:02 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
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Five sons served between 1942 – 1944, but sadly only one would make it home. The four brothers were killed within six months. World War II took the lives of many Utahns, but no family in the state sacrificed more for the Allied cause than Alben and Gunda Borgstrom of Thatcher, Box Elder County. Four of the five sons they sent off to battle died within a six-month period during 1944. “Few families in American history have been called upon to make such a tremendous sacrifice for the cause of freedom and liberty,” one speaker noted at ceremonies honoring the Borgstrom brothers in 1946.
Posted on 4/25/16 at 8:14 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
GOAT movie
Posted on 4/25/16 at 8:15 am to CaptainsWafer
This post is better than the OPs simple link.
Thank you, beard-bro.
Thank you, beard-bro.
Posted on 4/25/16 at 9:03 am to Tchefuncte Tiger
That is some terrible stuff man...
Posted on 4/25/16 at 9:07 am to TheDeathValley
quote:The weird/sad part is is that people see glory and all this other bullshite that evokes positive emotions. That crap is for Hollywood. Burying four sons or four brothers is nothing more than pure hell on earth. There is no glory there
That is some terrible stuff man..
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