re: Spinoff: Where did your relatives serve in WWII?

No he passed several years ago. But he loved telling stories about the Mississippi.

Dad: Pilot, three years in the Pacific USMC

My gramps had a deferment because he was a heavy equipment operator/truck driver/loader on the docks in New York. He took a lot of good-natured shite because of that from all my Uncles. My Uncle Johnny was in Patton's 4th Armored. He was sent home early for "battle fatigue" for whatever that's worth. He had severe PTSD, and to this day remains the most patriotic man I ever knew. All the rest of my great Uncles (three of them) were 10th Light Division (Alpine) out of Fort Drum , New York by way of Colorado mountain training at Camp Hale in 1942. They shipped out to Italy in January 1945 and entered combat in February and fought their way north through the PO Valley with the Brazilian Army (who knew) squeezing the Germans from the South . This is where Bob Dole was wounded.

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10th Light Division (Alpine)

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"Climb to Glory!"

My grandad served at the battle of Carentan, Brecourt, and Dawnville.

My Father was a Navy pilot, flew Helldivers.

grandfather was a sargeant in WW2, in the Pacific

Grandpa (mom side): pacific theatre
Grandpa (dad side): plane factory worker

In the Army Air Corps my grandfather flew a fighter plane. Considering where technology and engineering were at in those days, them fellas had nuts of steel.

Grandfather.
Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Forces.