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Originally Posted by Rainger99
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Thank you for taking your time to start this thread.
My Grandma (Mom’s Mom) lost her first-born son during the Japanese bombings of the US Navy ships@ the Alaskan Aleutian Islands. My sweet Grandma could never speak about Teddy without tears streaming down her cheeks so remembering is still very important to me too.
The human cost of our war was deeply real to everyone in my entire family.
My Dad’s sister married her young love just before he deployed to with the US army to the Korean War. Billy was killed by North Korea soon afterward.
Both of these young men would have been my uncles had they not died far too young.
My family’s sorrow was always near the surface so even speaking about the wars or hearing certain news reports would cause them to grieve. We learned to carefully respect them and, of course, we will never forget.
Freedom really isn’t FREE. It’s not just a saying.
Thank you to all who’ve served.