Posted by jdemaris on November 11, 2009 at 06:52:15 from (67.142.130.25):
I got looking at some of the uniforms as worn by my uncles, father, grandfather, etc. Might be of intestest to some, considering what today is.
My great-uncle Albert lived on a farm in southern France. Was forced into the Army at age 16 and killed two months later while fighting in the French Alpine Mountain unit. That was 1916. His brother- my grandfather Alexandre survived and later came to the USA via Ellis Island. The village where his parents farm was - got completely destroyed by the Nazis and no longer exists. Note the cigarette in his hand in his full-uniform photo. He told me that having a factory-made cigarette was a big deal and status symbol and it was used as a camera prop.
Also pictures of my Uncle Leroy a Canadian citizen that enlisted 1918 to fight in WW I. He too moved to the USA afterwards.
The rest are of my father and his brother - WW II. My dad was in the signal corps and my uncle on a PT boat.
I got drafted in 69. Had two friends who quit school at age 16, enlisted seeking adventure in Nam, and were both killed. Somethings never change, I guess.
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