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re: Relatives that served in World War 2
Posted on 12/7/23 at 9:38 am to Diseasefreeforall
Posted on 12/7/23 at 9:38 am to Diseasefreeforall
Maternal great grandfather was in the 101st airborne/506th PIR
Jumped on d-day and was in the Bulge
He died in the 80s so I never met him but my great grandmother lived until 2014. She said he rarely spoke about the war, maybe a funny story or two but none of the hard times.
She did say that pre-war, he was an avid hunter but after the war he didn't hunt anymore, only fished and made fishing lures in his shed out back. She asked him one time "why dont you hunt anymore" and he replied with "I've done enough with a firearm to last 5 lifetimes, to hell with killing"
Jumped on d-day and was in the Bulge
He died in the 80s so I never met him but my great grandmother lived until 2014. She said he rarely spoke about the war, maybe a funny story or two but none of the hard times.
She did say that pre-war, he was an avid hunter but after the war he didn't hunt anymore, only fished and made fishing lures in his shed out back. She asked him one time "why dont you hunt anymore" and he replied with "I've done enough with a firearm to last 5 lifetimes, to hell with killing"
This post was edited on 12/7/23 at 9:39 am
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