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Anyone have any family fight in the war?

posted 17 years ago by fubar1245
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My great grandfather's brother, a soldier in the American Expeditionary Force, was killed in the Second Battle of the Marne, the Battle of Château-Thierry specifically. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ch%C3%A2teau-Thierry_%281918%29. He has a monument at the Aisne-Marne American Cemetery near Belleau, France. http://www.abmc.gov/images/am5.jpg

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[–] Degree7 10 years ago

I know I already commented on this thread, but I keep coming back to it to read these amazing and sad stories from people whose family were part of this war.

My mother's own grandfather fought at Gallipoli, and lost his leg, I think due to frostbite. My mother recounted how she used to go visit him as a small child where he was living in a home. He would sit and watch tv all day.

~ I've been very lonely in my isolated tower of indecipherable speech.