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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Kpt_Zig:
My GGG-Grandfather (Israel Harding) won the VC. My Grandfather served in the RFC in WW1 (ground-crew and occasional observer). My father hosed mashed bodies out of a/c in the RAF (don't know why, he served in Cyprus, and I don't know of any war that was going on out there in the late fifties). <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
That was the EOKA revolt in Cyprus - basically it was a war for Cypriot independence. My uncle got killed there - shot by a sniper while he was riding in a jeep.
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one grandfather was in the merchant marine. he was on a number of ships (in the 5-6 range) that were torpedoed by u-boats and went down. we're good swimmers in my family. he doesnt talk about it much at all and i wouldnt dare mention this game to him. while i definitely enjoy the game, i'm really glad they didnt program men on the merchants for obvious reasons.
my other grandfather was stateside in r&d. he was an engineer working on the first guided missile system.
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Great grandfather fought in the Boer war, 3 clasps and participated in Relief of kimberly, Driffontein (sp) and one other I can't remember, grandfather was in the first war, got gassed, father in WWII, on the island of Moreti (sp)air Frame Fitter. Me 20 years in the Royal australain air Force, never left the country, sigh..........................
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my great grandfather was in the russian army in ww1 and my grandfather was in the russian army in ww2, my great uncle was in a concentration camp, but he was lucky he knew how to build model planes well, so he built the protoypes from the blueprints the germans would give him he was very lucky, i dont know much about either my great granfather or my grandfather cause the first 1 passed away before i was born and when i suddenly took an interest in history at the age of 8 im 17 now my grandfather wouldnt talk about it fcause i was too young and now he has alsymers so all his war stories i will never hear 
but thats my military family history and im joining the canadian army once im done cegep
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My Great Grandfather served with the Australian Army in WW1.
My Grandfather served with the Australian Army in WW2 in Papua and New Guinea.
My Uncle served with the Australian Army in Vietnam.
My Father served with the Royal Australian Navy in Vietnam and was an Engineering Officer for 26 years on a variety of warships.
I served with the Royal Australian Navy for 8 years in Oberon Class submarines, FFGs and Patrol Boats.
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Concerning the sinking of the Hood, my Grand Mother (who served in the RAF during WW2) had several brothers, one of them died on the Hood.
Grand Dad was also RAF in Africa, met my GM through the RAF.
Other Grand Dad was British Artillery in Europe during WW2, he used to have countless highly polished shell casings sitting around the house (made into flower pots etc..)
Great Grand Father was cavalry during WW1, he was gassed with Mustard Gas but survived and had health problems the rest of his life.
Uncle was a Hussars in the Queens own Hussars (Armor)
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bob_Gilroy:
Great Grand Father was cavalry during WW1, he was gassed with Mustard Gas but survived and had health problems the rest of his life. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
My great uncle had the same thing. Gassed on the Somme, his lungs never recovered and he finally succumbed to the effects of the gas in the 1940s.
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<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Oblt.Fonnekold:
This is a copy of a thread I made in the BiA forums. Its a pretty interesting topic and its still up. Anyways, As far as I know, My Great Uncle saw the Bismarck sink the Hood and my Great Grampa flew sopwith camels in the first World War. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
My great Uncle served as an officer on the HMS Hood, He transfered to the HMS Rodney shortly before the Hood was sunk. He was devistated to lose so many close friends on the Hood.
Later he lived in Scotland overlooking the dockyard where the HMS Rodney was scrapped after the war.
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my grandfather fought with Lawrence of Arabia against the Turks
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I had grandfathers in the American Revolution, War of 1812, Mexican War, both sides of the Civil War, my Sioux Grandfathers fought at Little Big Horn in the Great Sioux War. We missed WWI but I had 2 grandfathers in WWII (one drove a Sherman tank from Omaha Beach to Berlin, my great-grandfather at the tame was a Sea-Bee in the Samoa Islands fighting Japanese. We missed Korea, but my father was a Marine in-between Korea and Vietnam, I saw Vietnam as Navy Intel in 1979 (cleaning up some stuff ya know).
My family couldn't get along with anybody. LOL
I am currently a U.S. Army civilian in computer support, US Army Battle Command.
