Dennis Ellis

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04/09/2019

What did your grandfathers do during WW1 - and what are these men doing?

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Ree Young

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04/09/2019

Both my grandfathers were in their 40s by the time WWI was in progress, and my paternal grandfather was mostly deaf, so he would have been rejected anyway.

My dad was only 13 when that war began and 17 when it ended. But, even if he wanted to join at 16 or 17, he was the eldest in a large family and their sole support. And he was not yet a citizen. He couldn't apply for US citizenship until he was 21.

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Don Shepard

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04/09/2019

My Grandfather and his two brothers , all served in WW1. Him and one of his brother served in the same unit . Ammo transportation train. The train referred to the mule trains they used to resupply the front lines.

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Jon Henderson

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04/09/2019

My grad dad served in WW1 as a horse shoer

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Becky Kelly

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04/09/2019

Love these old pictures.

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Nancy Thompson

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04/09/2019

Grandpa was in the Army Air Corp (I think) but I never knew what he did, he never spoke of it.

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Nelda Rodriguez

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04/09/2019

Roy V. Casanova

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Jackie Young Lenarz

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04/09/2019

My Grandfather was a medic on a sanitary train

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Johnnie Kathleen Guerriero

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04/09/2019

Great grandfather was apart of WWI AND WWII! I forget precisely what he did but afterward he was a carpenter, built his own home on Gerling st in Schenectady, and also worked at GE. He came to America from Italy in 1903. My great Grandpa was a badass 💙

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Juanita Harris Grimsley

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04/09/2019

My Dad was in WW1 and WW2 He was a member of the Honor Guard Station at Fort Myer Va and fought in France. This is a picture of him and his Brother. WW1

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David Phelps

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04/09/2019

My Grand Father was ships Fire company. His ship Burn Down. These men are cutting wood too Build another ship. To Replace the one That Burned Down.. That Him at the Back side of the Fire Truck He is in the Middle..

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Linda Woody

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04/09/2019

My Grandfather was an enlisted Sailor with nearly 9 years of experience prior to World War 1. He served in the US Navy for both world wars. He rose to Master Chief and served more than 25 years in all counting his active reserve. He was a Bosun, a Quartermaster, and a Gunner's Mate.

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