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In reply to the discussion: Romney only American family with 5 generations of no military service? [View all]WCGreen
(45,558 posts)Of my Grandfathers, one served in WWI and became a decorated vet while my other grandfather was deferred because he worked in Munition factories.
Both my Grandmothers had brothers in WWI, two out of the seven died overseas, one from the flu and one in action.
I have relatives who fought in the Spanish American War and a few who served in the Union Army.
I have a relative who fought in the Revolution as a Pennsylvanian volunteer. It gets murky as to what he was to me but the family goes back further than that, all the way to the 1600's.
Although I don't expect people to rush off and join the service because they have political ambitions, but a family that has been in and around political power, someone should have been willing to serve. Especially if they are bellicose about waging War to protect their own investments.