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Posted by Jimmy King on May 31, 2004 at 13:12:18 from (207.69.138.200):
In Reply to: Don't Forget The Famers posted by stan on May 30, 2004 at 22:17:12:
My Dad and his oldest bro. were farmers the middle bro.was proablely over the age limit. Mom said Dad would have gone the next round of draft if it would have happened. Dads youngest Bro was drafted during Korea, but went to kadre school and never left Ft Wood in Missouri. Mom had one Bro. was in the Islands but never saw action as he went in later.She had one Bro in Law that flew the hump he was a radioman, he told my son they carried fuel poured 1/2 back in the plane so they could come back for more. My wife's Dad failed his PX. He had two Bros that served in the army the youngest lied about his age joined when he was 16 when they found out and sent him home he was 17 so his oldest Bro. signed for him to go back, he was in the batton death march, then starved to death in the POW camp, he was the youngest POW in the US Armed Forces. Alices Moms Bro, 3 served One was shrapneled in the Islands was cripled the rest of his life, ONe fell in France July 8, 1944. I my self was in the Mo Army National Guard 1959-1965
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