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Showing Original Post only (View all)How many, or your family members, have served in the military? [View all]
I became curious about this while reading how little t-Rump has done for his country. My bet is that more Dems than Repubs have served.
For me it was great grandfather (Union Army, Civil War); paternal uncle (WWI); maternal aunt (WWII); and father and mother (WWII). Dad was in China. Mom and aunt were stateside.
My father was 18 years younger than his brother, which is how they served in both world wars.
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I served. | |
3 (8%) |
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One or more in my family and I served. | |
10 (27%) |
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Someone in my family served. | |
1 (3%) |
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More than one person in my family served. | |
22 (59%) |
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No one in my family has ever served. | |
1 (3%) |
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My great grandfather was of the age to fall between WWI and WWII. Never served.
Buzz Clik
Dec 2015
#8
Other than my developmentally disabled brother and physically unqualified cousins
FrodosPet
Dec 2015
#20