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In reply to the discussion: How many of us DU'ers belong to a gold star family..... [View all]trixie
(867 posts)My uncle fought in the Korean War and came back but died from what we think is the military testing Agent Orange or some other such poison. He was not recorded as a military death but when he came back his organs were fried and died quickly and painfully. So no, no stars for his family.
My Grandfather was in WWI; Uncles in WWII and the Korean War. All army all came back.
We have a nephew who is doing his second year-long deployment for the air force. He should be arriving in Texas in the next week or so, then it is his down time in Texas before returning to Michigan 4 - 6 weeks after that.
I am curious if he will change his vote from Republican to Democrat. Those soldiers are die hards, no? Of course no one will argue or even discuss politics with him for he serves, we shut up. He can say what he wants and we will nod and then hug him and shut the hell up.