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hlthe2b

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1. My Dad and two uncles served in Europe; one uncle serve in Pacific
Mon Dec 8, 2025, 11:11 AM
Dec 8

All returned, but the Pacific-theater uncle was the only one I ever heard talk about his time, and after my Father and the other uncles had passed. He flew, but I don't think anything other than supply missions. But, the one thing he would have acknowledged ALL of them having believed is that "luck" was the ultimate factor in who lived and who died or was near-mortally injured if they were anywhere near combat. That said, I am pretty sure at least my uncles who served at the European Front may have had some PTSD from what they experienced. My Dad? I'm not sure. He would not talk, but he was a regular at the American Legion and VFW so presumedly vented there.

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