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In reply to the discussion: How many of us DU'ers belong to a gold star family..... [View all]TexasProgresive
(12,157 posts)21. I am in the middle of 5 generations who served
We would accumulated 10 blue stars and thankfully no gold stars. One of my grandfathers was shot 3 times in WW 1, 2 in the chest that miraculously missed vital organs and 1 through the ankle that pained him throughout life. If he had died that would have eliminated the next 4 generations.That would've been a Gold Star leaving a giant hole in my family.
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My mother lost her older brother in WW2 and my grandparents' wounds never healed.
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#10
Lost my Uncle Bud in the Battle of Tarawa, WW II. Body was never recovered.
colorado_ufo
Aug 2016
#14
It sounds like you had a wonderful father who did his best for all those young men.
pnwmom
Aug 2016
#25
My dad's oldest brother died at the battle of the Bulge. My wife has an uncle still on the Arizona.
tonyt53
Aug 2016
#28
My uncle- son of Italian immigrants - died fighting for America in WW2 in the Pacific
wishstar
Aug 2016
#39