• Family Military History
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My dad's served 26 years with the Canadian Armed Forces, and has undergone peacekeeping missions in Haiti on two occasions for six month tours each along with the Balkans during the Bosnian War. He then transfered over to Air Force as a radar specialist or some similar technical jargon position, flew tonnes of missions and trainings the world over; Dubai, Scotland, Alert, Ireland, South Africa, Mexico, Sicily, and Malta to name a few I can recall, and all over the United States. They varied from Search and Rescue Missions to hunting drug runners to mapping ice flows in the north. My mother served 20 years with the CAF as well as infantry. Didn't do anything special, she'll be the first to tell you that. My uncle's started up service at the age of 41 a few years back and was actually one of the fittest people in the recruitment process shockingly. He's doing his second tour of Afghanistan right now. Nobody else in my family has done military, though, even in the past.
[QUOTE=PEn1s lol;27921934]her great grand father as a Whermacht soldier. I really heroic thing he did was when they started hanging volkstrum he and his squad killed the executioners who where about to deprive a kid of his grandfather.[/QUOTE] Sounds like a really awesome guy. This is why i hate it when people think every German in WW2 were evil.
I won't go into any detail, but literally every second member of my family is, or has been in the armed forces at some point in their life. I have a relative who has fought in practically every major was of the past 120 years or so and im following the tradition once i finish university.
My grandfather was in the mexican revolution. :buddy:
My Grandmother was in Finnish prison camp.
I just remembered my grandfather on my mother's side was a turret gunner in a B-29. I can't remember what squadron or anything, but his plane was sent out (I believe) to look for another crashed aircraft somewhere in the Northwest, when his copilot put the flaps up instead of the gear on take off, and the plane scraped the top of a mountain, then tumbling down the side, bouncing and rolling across a field, jumping a highway and finally coming to a stop before catching fire. Some of the crew escaped, including my grandfather, and due to his injuries, he was discharged the day before the Korean War began. At one point in his training to become a gunner he fired his 50. cals continuously for so long the barrels overheated and began to droop. The barrels had to be changed, and he still remembers being chewed out for that one. His brother, who was something in a B-17, was shot down over Germany and was held in a POW camp until the end of the war.
my grandfather on my dad's side was an italian resistance fighter in Milan during WW2 and was actually taken by the nazi's as a Pow and tortured but was eventually traded. My great grandfather on my mom's side was a nazi soldier who fought in Stalingrad and lost an arm there but survived only to come back and be a terrible father and a huge womanizer. And my dad was a paratrooper in the italian army, but didn't see combat at the time(mandatory military service)
my great grandfather survived ww1 only to be killed when he was kicked in the face by one of his horses
My great grandfather was in Finnish Civil War 1918, Winter war and Continuation war. He was a white guard during Civil War, and a car driver during WW2. During Winter war there wasn't enough drivers so they pretty much chose anyone who had a driving license to drive the trucks and cars etc. He was a driver for high ranking officers during winter war, but during continuation war he was a truck driver. He was quite lucky so his friend called him "Onnen Jussi" (Lucky Jussi) He once accidentally walked thro a minefield as the pioneers were too lazy to mark the minefield. He found out that after meeting the pioneers on the other side of the field. He also survived because most of the truck drivers usually slept with their head on a steering wheel, he didn't. So when he was sleeping a single bullet flew thro the cabin above the steering wheel and it would have killed him if he slept like the others. After WW2 he took part in Weapons Cache Case (basically hiding weapons and ammo incase soviets invade after the war) and got caught and sent to jail. [url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weapons_Cache_Case[/url] And my family on my father's side didn't take part in WW2 as they were too busy fleeing from Karelia.
Mom's dad was a CMSgt. and was in the Navy, Army, and Air Force. Dad's dad went to Vietnam at the beginning of the war. Mom's grandfather was a german soldier in WWI. Mom and Dad's uncles were both in WWII.
My grandfather(on my mother's side) was a pilot during Vietnam. My dad's father was in the Navy, I think he even had his own patrol boat at one time, we still have his sword he had at the time. He died right before my parents got married. :smith: He also got a thank you letter for his service to America from(admiral) James Forrestal himself.
My brother served in the navy on the USS Ronald Regan, He was a Journalist. My Dad served in the army, Fought in Desert storm. He was a Forward observer. He's got a giant case of metals in the house, and a lot of awards in frames on the wall. He's got minor PTSD. My Grandpa served in the Navy during Vietnam. He did quiet a few tours. I'm not sure how many though, He never likes to talk about it with me, Although I know he was in a PBR, and then later towards the end of the war he was stationed on a Destoryer. My Great uncle also served in Vietnam in the army. I don't know to much about him, He had really bad PTSD and shot himself a few years back.:smith: And my Great Grandpa was in a Submarine during WW2, I'm not sure if it was in the Pasific or in Europe. I only know he was killed. My Grandpa never told me the full story. And then my great great great great grandpa on my mothers side used to be a Knight way back when. We've still got a seal of some sort and a few letters locked up in storage from him. It's pretty much a tradition for every male to go into the service. I plan on it as well here in the next few years. I've also got a few pictures around my house somewhere from my dads tour in Desert storm, Not sure if I should upload them or not.
upload 'em
You might want to blur out the faces of people or something though.
My grandpa's brother was supposed to be the third plane to bomb(nuke if thats what you want to call it) japan, believe it or not.
your grandpas brother was an airplane?
my dad was a b-52 bomber back in fucking nam
My dad was a medic, he drove an ambulance on the Autobahn. He says he had the ambulance going as fast as it could.
My great uncle and great aunt both served in WW2, my great uncle being infantry (he died before I ever got to meet him), and my great aunt was a cook (i only met her once before she died). My grandfather on my dad's side served in the army (not sure when, I think around the time of Korea), and then served on the police force until he died (never met him either). My grandfather on my mother's side served in the Air Force as an engineer during Korea, he's still alive and well. Got some good stories. That's all I can remember.
Grandfather on my dad's side reached a rank of 4 star admiral in the Taiwanese Navy, and apparently he did do something or rather, but I never bothered asking. He has his sword and stuff in his room still.
Great-uncle was a war hero. [url]http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Dmytruk?wasRedirected=true[/url] And my grandfather was in a war, don't know though, I have a ruger pistol, and a Nazi officer dagger from him. And my other grandfather served in ww1 and ww2, was never of any notice.
My father was on the Navy from early to late 80s. He was in Lebanon most of the time.
Would be crap if your grandpa was a cook in WW2. Well, my grandpa was one. :saddowns:
My grandfather fought against the soviets in Continuation War and was wounded twice from soviet artillery
[QUOTE=shian;27950054]Would be crap if your grandpa was a cook in WW2. Well, my grandpa was one. :saddowns:[/QUOTE] Well, we have a saying "Ohne Mampf kein Kampf" wich roughly translates to "No food, no battle" Cooks are very important in warfare :buddy:
My 2nd cousin was a spy and now works intel at the pentagon. As ridiculous as it sounds I'm not even joking.
Grandad was a marine in WWII and the Korean war. Great Granddad was In WWI My other grandad was in the Navy My dad tried to join the air reserve but they said he was too old :v: [editline]9th February 2011[/editline] [QUOTE=yuki;27955061]My 2nd cousin was a spy and now works intel at the pentagon. As ridiculous as it sounds I'm not even joking.[/QUOTE] I thinky my cousin may be a spy, she lies about everything and always makes up bullshit like OH IM LIVING IN CALI NOW! shes 25 :ninja:
[QUOTE=Valon Kyre;27949763][B]Great-uncle was a war hero[/B][/QUOTE] Everyone who lived throught the war are heroes, [U]especially the ones that didn't survive to see the peace.[/U] At the end of the continuation war, my grandfater was the only original member left from his company alive. One time when I was a child, I asked him was he a hero. He gave me the saddest look I've ever seen, and said that he isn't a hero, but his comrades who died for their brothers in arms and fought side by side.
My great grandfather lied to get into the navy at age 15, deserted, then joined the Canadian Army and ended up fighting at Paschendaele and Vimy during the first world war. He survived both.
Grandfather was a sherman tank commander during WW2. Managed to bring back TWO of these fuckers back from the north african and european campaigns: [img]http://filesmelt.com/dl/shell.jpg[/img]
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