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Originally Posted by 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.
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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.