[m21sniper]

On the block where i used to live my neighbor on my right was a WWII Avenger turret gunner who fought in several major battles in the Pacific and my other neighbor on the left was in the first wave at D Day and later in the Battle of the Bulge

Talk about being awestruck in the company of two little old men.

My Great Grandfather rode in the incursion to find Pancho Villa and fought in WWI in the cavalry
My Grandfather pat. side was in the 3rd Army in WWII, tank mechanic
My Grandfather mat. side was in the USAAF 8th AF, B-17 mechanic
My father was a sailor in the 60s and spent some time in a DD off Yankee Station (and in the Atlantic as i recall)
Both my uncles were in the Army reserve during the Vietnam war, neither was unlucky enough to go.
My sister was a Medevac pilot and did tours in both Astan and Iraq.
I was but a lowly leg grunt during the Cold War.
My 11yo Godson wants to be a USAF Air patrolman.