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Recently I found out that three of my paternal grandmother's brothers served in WW1 in the US Navy. Have you found any family members/ancestors that did military service (in any country) during WW1? I thought it would be interesting to know as today is 100 years since the end of that war.
I have a first cousin, twice removed (may also be a second cousin, once removed, I forget) who died at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station during the flu epidemic. Some historians think that the epidemic shortened the war because of the way it decimated the troops in Europe. Germany cancelled a large offensive because so many of their troops were affected.
Surprisingly, not many. Only my wife's grandfather served in the navy on a battleship (USS Kansas) and mostly did escort duty for convoys. Everyone else was born a little too early or late although I've seen draft registrations for others who were not called up.
Recently I found out that three of my paternal grandmother's brothers served in WW1 in the US Navy. Have you found any family members/ancestors that did military service (in any country) during WW1? I thought it would be interesting to know as today is 100 years since the end of that war.
Recently I found out that three of my paternal grandmother's brothers served in WW1 in the US Navy. Have you found any family members/ancestors that did military service (in any country) during WW1? I thought it would be interesting to know as today is 100 years since the end of that war.
Yes, several hundred relatives registered for the WW I draft, but only a tiny fraction were actually drafted. Of those that did serve, there were no casualties.
A lot of them didn't want to go, as evidenced by the statements they made on Line #12 for exemptions. One claimed he should be exempted, because he had broken his arm in the past.
50% of the money Britain spent on WW I was borrowed from US banks, mostly in New York City. There was a fear that if Britain lost, those loans would have gone unpaid, leaving the banks and their investors saddled with large losses.
Recently I found out that three of my paternal grandmother's brothers served in WW1 in the US Navy. Have you found any family members/ancestors that did military service (in any country) during WW1? I thought it would be interesting to know as today is 100 years since the end of that war.
Yes, I have several WWI veterans in my tree. I even have a small collection of "artifacts" from one of these relatives. It's a small collection of 100-year-old postcards from Paris that a distant cousin sent home to the family. I found them years ago in my grandmother's steamer trunk. I've always thought about framing them and turning them into wall art.
I also have a g-g-uncle in my tree who was career military (Navy). He was born in 1899, so he was 18 when the US entered WWI. He stayed in and was a veteran of WWI, WWII, Korea, and Vietnam. --He was actually too old for combat in Vietnam, but he was an instructor at the Naval Academy at San Diego and the military gave him credit for being a Vietnam vet nonetheless.
He died in 1992 in San Diego, where he retired after he left the Navy.
Some of my Uncles served during WW 1. They were first generation Americans. Uncle Carl spent 16 months of the war in England at the Base 1 hospital. Uncle John served in the 308 Expeditionary Forces under General John Pershing My Uncle Art who was born in 1898 was drafted but not deployed. He did serve in the Pacific during WW2, though. My Grandma was a charter member of the American Legion Auxiliary in their town and served as an officer for years.
Yes, my grandfather & great uncle both served in WWI. This was the time of the Spanish flu epidemic and many aboard the US troop ships going to Europe died before they even got to the war zone.
My paternal grandfather left Italy for the U.S. shortly before the outbreak of WWI. When the U.S. became involved in the war, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served in combat infantry. When the war was over, he stayed in Europe, returned to Italy, got married, and had two sons. He then went back to the U.S. to get re-established there, and when he had , he sent for his wife and children. By that time, immigration quotas had been established that would have prevented their entry, except for my grandfather having been a U.S Army veteran.
My grandmother, uncle, and father, arrived in New York, expecting to be living in the prosperity of the United States. The next day was the Great Stock Market Crash of 1929, beginning the Great Depression.
My grandfather refused to say one word about his wartime experiences.
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