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In reply to the discussion: Romney only American family with 5 generations of no military service? [View all]aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)My father was a B-17 co-pilot who was shot down over Germany during WWII, shot by the Germans after his parachute landed, and became a POW after barely surviving in a German military hospital. Later, he flew in Vietnam and was awarded a Bronze Star. His brother was a U.S. Marine during WWII and fought in a dozen battles including Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima and was wounded several times. His other brother was in the Army and lost an eye in the U.S. invasion of North Africa. His cousin was a nose gunner in a bomber and was killed. On my mother's side, her brother fought In the French Resistance, was captured and put on a train heading for a concentration camp from which he escaped and then continued fighting until the end of the war. Her brother in law was almost fatally wounded in the Chasseurs Alpins by artillery fire while opposing the German invasion of France and had to be carried from the field. Her father fought in WWI in the French Navy and her uncle was killed by a Bulgarian soldier in WWI as part of the French expeditionary army sent to reinforce Greece.