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John J. Caffrey 1914 -1998
Iwo Jima
My dad.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Corporal, US Army 111th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Gettysburg (wounded) and Battle of the Wilderness (gravely wounded, discharged).
My Great Great Grandfather (paternal).
On edit: I'm recalcitrant to give a last name, but my Dad fought in WW2:
Corporal Charles G. WW2 - Battle of the Bulge (seen here, nearest to the camera, in profile)
...and my Grandfather, Seaman Ralph G. USNR in WW1 (photo circa 1918, aboard USS Frederick (CA-18):
SamKnause
(13,101 posts)World War ll; My dad.
World War ll; My uncle on my dad's side of the family
World War ll; My uncle on my mother's side of the family
Korean War; My uncle on my mother's side of the family
Vietnam War; My uncle on my mother's side of the family
Vietnam War; My sister's husband (still alive)
greatauntoftriplets
(175,733 posts)World War II - 531st Transportation Corps. He went ashore in Normandy on Day 6.
My paternal grandfather, Thomas -- he didn't serve, but died of the Spanish flu after spending time at Camp Grant in northern Illinois embalming soldiers who had died of the flu.
My paternal great-grandfather, Michael -- 58th Illinois Volunteers infantry unit, Civil War.
sarabelle
(453 posts)Paternal and maternal grandfathers: WWI
Father and stepfather: WWII
Uncles (3): Korean War.
Cousins (6) Viet Nam (PTS, and agen orange victims 3).
Friends (many): Viet Nam-2 killed.
Cousins (4): Afghanistan
csziggy
(34,136 posts)My parents:
Dad, OH, was a Lieutenant j.g. on a sub in Pacific during WWII. While serving on the USS Spot he obtained documents from a sinking ship. He received the Navy and Marine Medal for that.
Spot waited for an hour and then sent over a boarding party of seven men to plant demolition charges and search for intelligence material. After about ten minutes on board, the party had to abandon as the ship listed to port and sank by the stern. The boarding party was recovered and one Japanese prisoner taken. The submarine returned to Midway on 30 January for a refit and training period.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Spot_(SS-413)#First_patrol,_December_1944_%E2%80%93_January_1945
Dad was the man carrying the demolition charges.
Mom was a Navy Nurse, stationed in Virginia Beach, Camp Pendleton, and Hawaii. They met after the war and got married in San Francisco Feb 1946. She treated Marines coming back from Iwo Jima.