Sponsor |  PixelPig | Jan 12, 10:36am | | My Grandfather joined the Wisconsin Nat. Guard in 1916. Spent his first year on the Mexican border attached to the Pancho Villa campaign. When the U.S. joined WWI the guard unit was deactivated and absorbed into the 127th infantry of the 32 Div. Served on the Western front. The Marne, the Aisne, the Alsace Sec are a few of the battles the unit fought in. They crossed the Rhine by Luxenbourg and were part of the occupation forces after the war. |
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Sponsor | | bridewell | Jan 29, 10:32am | | The MARNE was no PICNIC either...none of those "BLOODY BATTLES" were. No body had a GOOD TIME fighting in the "WAR TO END ALL WARS"! So what happened? Did our Grandparents SACRIFICE so much and we DIDN'T even learn anything from it? I don't know about you,but I'm ASHAMED at the way this World has turned out! |
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Sponsor | | PixelPig | Jan 29, 10:53am | well that took this thread to a whole new level. My Grandad passed on a piece of advice that my Dad (WWII Vet) passed on to me.
"You can't control what happens in life but you can control how you react to it" Both my Grandfather and Father made it through their battles without being injured. Winning a war doesn't mean the problems of the world end. They sacrificed for a cause they believed in. I honor that. |
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Sponsor | | DustyFleas | Jan 30, 3:51pm | | My Grandfather was a sergeant in the Air Corp of WWI. He worked on plane engines. He was in line to board a ship, when the word came the war was over. |
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Sponsor | | PixelPig | Jan 30, 5:22pm | | Welcome to the group! The air corps...wow, now there was a new technology! |
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