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Benedict Arnold

A hundred years ago WWI was still being fought.

Did you have a relative fighting there? Do you have any personal stories to share? 

Posted - March 26, 2017
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  • 5614
    How ancient do you think we are?
      March 26, 2017 12:31 AM MDT
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  • Not too ancient to have grandfathers. Or great grandfathers. Stories come down.
      March 26, 2017 12:40 AM MDT
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  • 5614
    Aye, indeed.
      March 26, 2017 12:41 AM MDT
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  • Hi Dozy,
    My great uncle Ted was the chauffeur for General John J. (Black Jack) Pershing, General of the Armies on the Western Front, 1917-1918.

    So in our family there were lots of those stories, unfortunately I did not pay attention so missed out, now I wish I had, of course!
      March 26, 2017 1:11 AM MDT
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  • Now there's a famous name. Even in Oz we know about Pershing. Your uncle would have had many stories indeed. As kids we don't pay enough attention, do we? 
      March 26, 2017 1:17 AM MDT
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  • 5614
    No, we don't and is why if there were stories passed down they have been forgotten and passed on into oblivion, *sigh*.
      March 26, 2017 1:25 AM MDT
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  • I remember some of Dad's war record (he was in France in WWI but then, I'm a geezer) but he didn't tell us anything. In my childhood home kids were to keep quiet and not ask questions. We were not really considered part of the family. We made sure that didn't happen to our own kids.
      March 26, 2017 3:07 AM MDT
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  • Yes, my Uncle Antone fought in WW1. Never ever said a word about it but I did read some letters he wrote during that time and it was quite horrifying. I still have his helmet in mint condition!
    This post was edited by Benedict Arnold at March 26, 2017 9:25 PM MDT
      March 26, 2017 6:54 AM MDT
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  • THAT is truly a treasure, Rooster!
      March 26, 2017 10:23 AM MDT
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  • Thanks, Rooster. I'm glad he made it through. My father never spoke of it, either, but Mum told me a little. I don't think she knew much. (He survived the mustard gas attacks but was blinded in one eye by the gas.)
      March 26, 2017 12:02 PM MDT
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  • 44614
    My maternal Grandfather was a Marine during WWI. I never got a chance to meet him so I have no stories.
      March 26, 2017 7:44 AM MDT
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  • Thanks, 99. I barely remember my maternal grandfather: he was a stern old man who held court on the odd occasion my mother took us to visit. 
      March 26, 2017 12:03 PM MDT
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  • 22891
    no but ive had relatives killed in the war thanks to hitler
      March 26, 2017 3:57 PM MDT
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  • Thanks, Pearl.
      March 27, 2017 12:37 AM MDT
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