Who in your family are "losers" and "suckers"?

[Adsos Letter]

15. Me, my dad, all of my uncles, and several family members in each generation back to the Mexican War.

My GGG and GG Grandfathers (father and son) both enlisted in a Minnesota infantry regiment at the beginning of the Civil War. The father was wounded at Vicksburg, but the son served to the end of the war.

One of my grandfather's brothers was in an artillery unit in France during WWI, and lost part of his lung capacity from a gas shelling.

My wife's grandfather was a conscientious objector during WWI. Refused to carry a weapon, and was jailed for it. Ended up in an infantry division in France, where he spent his days (nights, actually) unarmed, helping recover the wounded from no man's land.

My dad was in the Korean War, and one of my favorite uncles has struggled with PTSD from his time as a Marine in Vietnam.

My service was during the Cold War, in one of the Cav units that helped patrol/secure the old Iron Curtain.

None of us are, or were, losers or suckers.