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What's the closest you or a family member has been to a part of history?
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:03 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:03 pm
I know we have some Vets
thank for your your service.
And I welcome those stories but am interested in more of more specific moments that are historic.
anybody pew paw was there when Huey was shot, worked at NASA for a landing, Marched , turned the hose on marchers

And I welcome those stories but am interested in more of more specific moments that are historic.
anybody pew paw was there when Huey was shot, worked at NASA for a landing, Marched , turned the hose on marchers
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:06 pm to OWLFAN86
I was in Iraq…
Closest to a history book moment is we were on patrol and when Abu Gharib (sp) was attacked, we responded and were in the middle of that battle.
We were in others but nothing famous.
Closest to a history book moment is we were on patrol and when Abu Gharib (sp) was attacked, we responded and were in the middle of that battle.
We were in others but nothing famous.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:06 pm to OWLFAN86
I’m a descendant of King Alfred, the first King of England and also the Great Eagle (Chief Willenawah), head of the Cherokee nation.
My cousin was the second most famous soldier in WW2. They made a movie about him (he survived the Bataan March and had an Air Force base named after him).
My wife’s grandfather was a matchstick man in the famed 101st that stormed Normandy (Band of Brothers show)
My cousin was the second most famous soldier in WW2. They made a movie about him (he survived the Bataan March and had an Air Force base named after him).
My wife’s grandfather was a matchstick man in the famed 101st that stormed Normandy (Band of Brothers show)
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:16 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:06 pm to OWLFAN86
My great^2,000 grandfather was the first human ever.
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:08 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:07 pm to OWLFAN86
One of Barry Bonds homers hit off my knee at turner field. Had it been 30ish homers later, the homer that broke Hank Aaron’s record would have hit off a 14 year olds knee and then stolen by a 48 year old drunk
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:07 pm to OWLFAN86
Everyone is a part of history
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:08 pm to OWLFAN86
One of my wife's ancestors was burned at the stake in Salem ...
This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:43 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:09 pm to OWLFAN86
I saw the baw paw thread as it happened and the Facebook live.
This post was edited on 5/4/24 at 7:18 am
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:10 pm to OWLFAN86
My great x 5 grandfather was a pirate named Jean Lafitte, who resided at (and smuggled/hid out at) what is now Lafitte’s Blacksmith’s Shoppe, the oldest bar in America .. he also got up to many other shenanigans back in that time .
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:10 pm to billjamin
quote:there's no moment I'd rather be there for
I saw the bar paw thread as it happened and the Facebook live.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to OWLFAN86
My great uncle Freddie John Falgout was the first United States casualty of ww2 on record.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to billjamin
quote:
I saw the bar paw thread as it happened and the Facebook live.
Me too!!! And Garcia roofing!
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to Revelator
why I said closest in the thread title and then stressed a specific event in the body of the post
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to OWLFAN86
My voice was picked up on a field mic during the 2003 LSU-Arkansas game saying “we want Oklahoma”
Craig Bolerjack (sp) was announcing along with Spencer Tillman, and said “I heard it, but I don’t believe it”
Craig Bolerjack (sp) was announcing along with Spencer Tillman, and said “I heard it, but I don’t believe it”
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:12 pm to OWLFAN86
My dad’s first cousin was a POW and was imprisoned with John McCain. He was right behind McCain getting off the plane when they returned to the US.
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:13 pm to OWLFAN86
Wife’s however many great grandfather was part of the crew that kidnapped Pocahontas. Pretty cool
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:14 pm to lsusa
I was featured as one of the crazy shirtless fans on ESPN for the 2002 LSU/Bama game.
I was ripped and the Announcers kept cutting to me making fun of me for being the only idiot with his shirt off in 20 degree wind chill. My grandfather was laid up in the hospital asking “who is that retard?”
My cousin, who was sitting with him, said “that’s your grandson”
I was ripped and the Announcers kept cutting to me making fun of me for being the only idiot with his shirt off in 20 degree wind chill. My grandfather was laid up in the hospital asking “who is that retard?”
My cousin, who was sitting with him, said “that’s your grandson”

This post was edited on 5/3/24 at 8:18 pm
Posted on 5/3/24 at 8:14 pm to OWLFAN86
Both of my grandfathers were at the atomic bomb testings in Nevada during the 50s.
Probably explains me
Probably explains me
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