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In reply to the discussion: How many of us DU'ers belong to a gold star family..... [View all]Hassin Bin Sober
(26,272 posts)38. My partner's uncle was killed on The Indianapolis.
This was 25 years before my partner was born so he never met him.
My dad enlisted at the end of WW2. He was trying to follow in the footsteps of his older brother who flew on 20 plus B17 missions and survived despite being shot down.
Two of my mom's brothers were wounded in Korea.
As a child, I vaguely remember hearing the older teenagers around the neighborhood, my parents and my oldest brother talk about the Vietnam draft. My oldest brother was barely old enough when the draft ended.
It was a scary time. I remember the blue stars in windows. I remember my other brother, who was only slightly older than me, having war nightmares.
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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