re: Relatives that served in World War 2

My maternal grandmother’s brother served in Europe. My grandmother was born in 1940 and her earliest memories was him visiting home and he had given her his Purple Heart that he received. Unfortunately, he was killed by a sniper in April 1945, a few weeks before the war ended. Thankfully, a couple of his buddies hunted down and took care of the sniper.

My grandmother held onto the Purple Heart until the day she died. My Aunt now has it.

I also had a great-great uncle on my dad’s side who was an officer and served under Patton. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I was a kid but didn’t say much about the war. He did say that his regiment was one of the first American unit to fire the first shots in Europe. He also said no one liked Patton