[arCTic$nip3r]

were talking about a war game here but any of u guys have any relatives who were in a war? especialy WW2?

[viper*]

my uncle was in guada canal and his destroyer was sunk, he got the purple heart.

[riesep]

Arctic Sniper you sound like a guy who's gonna stay here awhile. So, welcome to the boards. There are 2-3 threads concerning this topic and there are some good stories. Unfortunately I don't have any because I have no relatives that I know of who were in WW2. I do have a 30 year old cousin who's driven an army tank.

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[Hells-Angel]

my grand pa was in ww2, he was at normandy although he didnt land on omaha, he got the purple heart and a badge for bravery

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[Maverick]

cool...

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[Bürgen]

OK, I have an entirely military family:

My Father: 19th Maintanance Btn./1st Logistcal Command US Army, Long Bihn Viet-Nam, 1968-69
My Uncle: 173rd Airborne US Army, Viet-Nam, 1966-67, Purple heart and a Bronze Star
My other uncle: 10th Infantry US Army, Mekong River Delta Viet-Nam, 1968-69, Two Purple Hearts, A Silver Star, and a Bronze Star
My Mother's Father: Light Missile Frigate, Korea and 3 tours in Viet-Nam, US Navy Medal for Valor.
My Father's Father: 15th Airforce USAAF, Rome 1944-45 (Aircraft Engineer)
Father's Mother's Father: German Imperial Army, France, 1916-1918
Father's Father's Grandfather: Colonel, Garrison CO South Dakota US Army, 1871-1889

So beat that, I could go back to the Franch indian War of the 1760's but I don't wanna

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"Victory at any Price!"

SS-Panzergrenadier

[This message has been edited by Bürgen (edited August 06, 2001).]

[Cpt.Kickass]

cool

[superdude]

kick ass dood!

[viper*]

awesome

[arCTic$nip3r]

Sory i dont got any relatives from WW2 but my grandpa was in the "Forgotten War"(also called Korean War) and he served in the United Nations force. When he came back he always told stories and once he told me about his friend. Anyways, His friend's artillery battalion was suddenly attacked by like a regiment or somthing of chinese(yes chinese participated in the korean war)and he had no choice but to open fire. Because his battalion was really back and could really see the chinese, the guy ran close to the chinese to the exact location of the atack. THen boooommmmmm. The howitzers opened fire right in the ranks of the chinese. Chinese suddenly started retreating because of their heavy losses. My grandpa's friend got a silver star for his bravery after the thing. And thats it.

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[arCTic$nip3r]

when i said "---could really see the chinese" i meant "couldnt" sory about that.

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[BallisticWookie]

You screw with Von, you screw with me Pal ! Hehe

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Blessed be the Lord my strength, which teacheth my hands to War and my fingers to fight.

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[Rieben]

both of my grandfathers were in the big war!
one (on my fathers side) was in the 82nd airborne, but died when i was 1, and my other grandfather, was on something just like a PT boat, hes still alive, and well!

*salute*

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[kraut-kill3r]

my grandpa was in WW2, im not entirly sure of all the things he did but i know he was in the infantry, and he had shot of like huge cannons cuz he has bad hearing, one story he told me was when him and his squad were sleeping in a church in italy (on christmas eve!) a bomb landed right in there room and didnt go off, and they sat there ALL night watching....waiting...he told me this a few christmas eves ago, he was in tears when he talked about it.

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[Macchi]

wow cool, its cool that everyone represents for the grandparents that fought in the wars....

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