Love the personal stories about our veteran forebears.
My dad was born in 1914. 4 years later, his father Virgil shipped to France to serve in WWI with the US Army Medical Corps.
Thanks be to God, the war ended less than a month later. I have a great photograph of him in his Doughboy uniform at the French hospital where he was stationed.
Love the personal stories about our veteran forebears.
My dad was born in 1914. 4 years later, his father Virgil shipped to France to serve in WWI with the US Army Medical Corps.
Thanks be to God, the war ended less than a month later. I have a great photograph of him in his Doughboy uniform at the French hospital where he was stationed.
My father (Clarence) was working on some heavy equipment in the Wyoming oilfields on December 8, 1941. He heard about Pearl Harbor while working, turned his equipment off, and left it right there to drive back to Oklahoma to enlist.
Like his father, he also served in the US Army Medical Corps and when the war ended, went to medical school on the GI Bill.
These men were made of steel.
Thank you to all veterans wherever, whenever, and however you served our nation.
PS: In case you missed it, yesterday was the 249th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. On that date in 1775, some OG badasses met in Philadelphia's Tun Tavern to form the deadliest military force in history.
Love the personal stories about our veteran forebears.
My dad was born in 1914. 4 years later, his father Virgil shipped to France to serve in WWI with the US Army Medical Corps.
Thanks be to God, the war ended less than a month later. I have a great photograph of him in his Doughboy uniform at the French hospital where he was stationed.
My father (Clarence) was working on some heavy equipment in the Wyoming oilfields on December 8, 1941. He heard about Pearl Harbor while working, turned his equipment off, and left it right there to drive back to Oklahoma to enlist.
Like his father, he also served in the US Army Medical Corps and when the war ended, went to medical school on the GI Bill.
These men were made of steel.
Thank you to all veterans wherever, whenever, and however you served our nation.
PS: In case you missed it, yesterday was the 249th birthday of the United States Marine Corps. On that date in 1775, some OG badasses met in Philadelphia's Tun Tavern to form the deadliest military force in history.
Happy Birthday, you magnificent bastards!
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