Great grandpa on Mom's side was in the spanish american war, after I came back to the states in '82 grandma told me after she got my new address, that I was in the same Infantry Battalion as great grandpa. He went on to be the town mayor and a state Senator.
Grandpa on Dad's side was in WW1, as I said Dad was in WW2, 2 Uncles on Mom's side were in Korea durring the war and one stayed in for a while after.
Three brothers were in Vietnam, two in the Air force, one in the Army.
Me I went into the Army in 1979 at 19, was told that I scored high enought to get any job I wanted, while looking at the jobs I was told that if I joined up for 4 years and was Infantry I would get a $3,000 bonus, and all I saw was dollar signs lol. Turns out that I loved it, first two years in Germany, BOY talk about a eye opener for a boy right off the farm!!!!!
After that I was in for Grenada,Panama and ,the Persian Gulf War, I guess the body was done after that I blew out two disks in my back.
I don't think great grandpa was hurt, grandpa was in a wheelchair, he got shot in the lower back in the ardennes forest he was a Marine. Dad was 10% disabled, one uncle I don't know the % but he uses the VA, one brother is 30% and is trying to get more, he has proven that he was sprayed with agent orange ,me 70% for my back and I have no feeling down to my knee on the right leg the left is numb down to the toes, there are days that I fall out of bed and crawl on all fours till the pain pills kick in, and both dogs and six cats love it, Play time..............right.
Both great grandpa and grandps were Infantry, dad was a Flight Engineer, one uncal was a mp, the other was in commo, two brothers were air force, one was Missle Systems Electrical Maintenance, the other was aircraft Maintenance, the brother that was in the Army was a combat Engineer.
Gary
