Have you ever been shocked

[Jeff-Groves]

I was talking to my Father and got information I never knew!
In 63 years I was NEVER told he tried to enlist to fight in Korea.
I was never told my Step Grand Father survived 7 Beach Landings in the Pacific during WWII.
I was never told I might be related to Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr.

I always assumed when I enlisted and became a ParaTrooper in the 82nd AirBorne, I was the first in my family memory to serve.

:o

[Reece]

It's in the the blood mate! :up:

[Catfish]

^^ Yes, by electricity :wah:

@Jeff Groves: Seriously, this is very cool! And you only learned about this now? Why so late?

[Rockstar]

Not a much of a surprise just another family story.



When my grandfather came to the U.S. he was met by his brother Torvald in Boston and they headed west to a place called Stavanger, Minnesota. Apparently he was so influence by the Dakota indian tribes out there that years later he named his first born Gawama. Unfortunetly grandfather and mother died when the children were young and none of us other squareheads knows anything about the Dakota Souix language to figure what it actually means.

[August]

I was talking to my Father and got information I never knew!
In 63 years I was NEVER told he tried to enlist to fight in Korea.
I was never told my Step Grand Father survived 7 Beach Landings in the Pacific during WWII.
I was never told I might be related to Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr.

I always assumed when I enlisted and became a ParaTrooper in the 82nd AirBorne, I was the first in my family memory to serve.

:o


Amazing what you find out. I found out recently that my uncle Bill operated landing craft in the pacific during ww2. Heck he might have ferried your grandfather on one of his landings.

[Platapus]

The only thing new in the world is the history you don't know." Attributed to Truman.

[Skybird]

What separates a posterboy from a real fighter? The latter does not blast about it. ;) He does it when needed, and does not when not needed, and stays shut up elsewise. :yeah:

[Aktungbby]

I was never told I might be related to Lieutenant General Leslie Richard Groves Jr. Well now u can legitimately use the the ''Big Bang approach'' in the boudoir! whilst serving up romantic Manhattans!:arrgh!: https://d34nm4jmyicdxh.cloudfront.net/eyJidWNrZXQiOiJjaHJpc3N5LXR1eGVkby1ubzIiLCJrZXkiOi JyZWNpcGUtbWFuaGF0dGFuLWNvY2t0YWlsLXJlY2lwZS5qcGci LCJlZGl0cyI6eyJyZXNpemUiOnsid2lkdGgiOjYwMCwiaGVpZ2 h0Ijo2MDAsImZpdCI6ImNvdmVyIn19fQ==