Post pictures of your relatives who were/in the military.
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My Step-great-grandfather fought first in the winter war (on the Finnish side), then resumed his profession as sailor and was in the States when the war began again. He decided not to go back in to a warring Finland, but stayed in the America. He was given citizenship, drafted (not sure if the term is correct), and sent to England. He fought on the beach in Normandy. Came back, though, and lived happily ever after in Florida.
I`m also related to the guy who recorded the private discussions between Hitler and the Finnish marshall Mannerheim during the marshalls birthday party.
Unfortunately I don`t have any pics.
I`m also related to the guy who recorded the private discussions between Hitler and the Finnish marshall Mannerheim during the marshalls birthday party.
Unfortunately I don`t have any pics.
Captain Pyjama Shark
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My Great-grand uncle, won the Victoria Cross at Cambrai in 1917. have the VC on top of my piano at home 
the citation read: "For repeated acts of most conspicuous bravery. He led his company in an attack and cleared 400 yards of trench. Though wounded, when the enemy attacked in superior numbers, he sprang out of the trench with eight men and met the attack in the open, killing many and taking six prisoners. For three hours after this, all other Officers having become casualties, he remained with his company, refusing to go to the dressing station, and repeatedly repelled bombing attacks. Later, when the enemy again attacked in superior numbers, he led his men to repel the attack and was mortally wounded. His heroism, when worn out and exhausted from loss of blood, inspired his men to hold out, though almost surrounded, till reinforcements arrived and dislodged the enemy."
the citation read: "For repeated acts of most conspicuous bravery. He led his company in an attack and cleared 400 yards of trench. Though wounded, when the enemy attacked in superior numbers, he sprang out of the trench with eight men and met the attack in the open, killing many and taking six prisoners. For three hours after this, all other Officers having become casualties, he remained with his company, refusing to go to the dressing station, and repeatedly repelled bombing attacks. Later, when the enemy again attacked in superior numbers, he led his men to repel the attack and was mortally wounded. His heroism, when worn out and exhausted from loss of blood, inspired his men to hold out, though almost surrounded, till reinforcements arrived and dislodged the enemy."
JeanChristophe
My Grandfather was an uhlan during ww2 (polish). Dont know much about him since he died when i was like 5 years old. All i know is that he fought in eastern Poland against the russians. He was captured and sent to Siberia, he worked on railroad tracks then he fell ill, the russians actually let him go because of the illnes. He died at 83 in 1997 i belive.
My Grandmothers brother also faught against the russians in eastern Poland i think he was in the infantry. He also got captured and sent to siberia where he escaped with some people, and got all the way back to Poland. My grandmother told me that they ate the guys that died on the way, which sounds sick :/ but i guess none of us have been in this kind of situation escaping through the wilderness of siberia during winter without food so its hard to judge. Anyways he died in 1946 of ilness.
Dont have any pictures since i live in Sweden and all pictures of them are at my cousins place in Poland.
Edit: I may find some pictures of my Grandfather pre ww2 when he was in the army. If i find them i will add them later.
My Grandmothers brother also faught against the russians in eastern Poland i think he was in the infantry. He also got captured and sent to siberia where he escaped with some people, and got all the way back to Poland. My grandmother told me that they ate the guys that died on the way, which sounds sick :/ but i guess none of us have been in this kind of situation escaping through the wilderness of siberia during winter without food so its hard to judge. Anyways he died in 1946 of ilness.
Dont have any pictures since i live in Sweden and all pictures of them are at my cousins place in Poland.
Edit: I may find some pictures of my Grandfather pre ww2 when he was in the army. If i find them i will add them later.
Brodan1
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JeanChristophe said:
^^^ I find that very interesting,
Also i like this next one as well.
But of course all the others are very interesting
Captain Pyjama Shark said:My Great-grand uncle, won the Victoria Cross at Cambrai in 1917. have the VC on top of my piano at home
the citation read: "For repeated acts of most conspicuous bravery. He led his company in an attack and cleared 400 yards of trench. Though wounded, when the enemy attacked in superior numbers, he sprang out of the trench with eight men and met the attack in the open, killing many and taking six prisoners. For three hours after this, all other Officers having become casualties, he remained with his company, refusing to go to the dressing station, and repeatedly repelled bombing attacks. Later, when the enemy again attacked in superior numbers, he led his men to repel the attack and was mortally wounded. His heroism, when worn out and exhausted from loss of blood, inspired his men to hold out, though almost surrounded, till reinforcements arrived and dislodged the enemy."
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TheSarafanPriest said:This is a photo of my father Sinisha,he fought on Kosovo. Few months after war they discovered that he had a head cancer. He died back in 2000.
The interesting thing is that allot of his colleges from war also died because of some kind of cancer..
your father is serbian? my uncle fought in the kosovo war with the serbians as a volunteer
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Well, bodyguards could be considered "in the military"? If yes, Roustam Raza was from my grandmother's family..
http://www.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Le_Mameluke_Roustam_by_Jacques_Nicolas_Paillot_de_Montabert_1806.jpg/220px-Le_Mameluke_Roustam_by_Jacques_Nicolas_Paillot_de_Montabert_1806.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roustam_Raza&h=288&w=220&sz=28&tbnid=emnwmRtcAT-RkM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=81&prev=/search%3Fq%3Droustam%2Braza%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=roustam+raza&docid=CSPiL0AvDl-kfM&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ei=5YueT5jQOYX49QSCua2KDw&ved=0CDUQ9QEwAw&dur=278
Later, I had a grand uncle who was a pirate captain in brazilian coast(During 1950's to 1970's), he was called Chafik, the Sheik, famous for having two caliber 38 silver revolvers. A shame there's no picture of him.
PS: I found most users are eastern european, from serbia, russia, sweden, poland.
http://www.google.com.br/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Le_Mameluke_Roustam_by_Jacques_Nicolas_Paillot_de_Montabert_1806.jpg/220px-Le_Mameluke_Roustam_by_Jacques_Nicolas_Paillot_de_Montabert_1806.jpg&imgrefurl=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roustam_Raza&h=288&w=220&sz=28&tbnid=emnwmRtcAT-RkM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=81&prev=/search%3Fq%3Droustam%2Braza%26tbm%3Disch%26tbo%3Du&zoom=1&q=roustam+raza&docid=CSPiL0AvDl-kfM&hl=pt-BR&sa=X&ei=5YueT5jQOYX49QSCua2KDw&ved=0CDUQ9QEwAw&dur=278
Later, I had a grand uncle who was a pirate captain in brazilian coast(During 1950's to 1970's), he was called Chafik, the Sheik, famous for having two caliber 38 silver revolvers. A shame there's no picture of him.
PS: I found most users are eastern european, from serbia, russia, sweden, poland.
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My heritage has been traced back to the Cornelia gens... so Scipio Africanus.
Beat that, my friends.
Beat that, my friends.
I thought that with such people from so long ago in time, millions of modern people are descended from them? Though it is surprising that you were able to trace a continuous line all the way back to Roman times, it must have been interesting to see the many generations and where they lived.
My heritage has been traced back to Jesus Christ.InvisibleClarity said:
FrisianDude
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The younger brother of one of my ancestors is now known as Ötzi.
InvisibleClarity
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Yeah, it was a ***** but we managed to find that we were related to Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (a famous mapmaker), which we traced waaaaaaaaaaay back and found that we were distant cousins with a minor guy in the Cornelia gens. So we're probably something ridiculous like 24th cousins with Scipio.DanAngleland said:
FrisianDude
Archduke
Yeah, but so am I. And DanAngleland. And Inox Ionizer. Simply trace back. You (1) have two parents.(2) They each two parents (4).They each two parents (8 ). They each two parents (16). They each two parents (32). They each two parents (64). They each two parents (12. They each two parents (256). They each two parents (512). They each two parents (1024). They each two parents (204. They each two parents (4096). They each two parents (8192). They each two parents (16384). They each two parents (3276. They each two parents (65536). They each two parents (131072). They each two parents (262144). They each two parents (52428. That's more than half a million direct ancestors already and we're only 20 pairs of parents back.
. They each two parents (256). They each two parents (512). They each two parents (1024). They each two parents (204. They each two parents (4096). They each two parents (8192). They each two parents (16384). They each two parents (3276. They each two parents (65536). They each two parents (131072). They each two parents (262144). They each two parents (52428. That's more than half a million direct ancestors already and we're only 20 pairs of parents back. 
General Awesome
Sergeant at Arms
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:No2commando.jpg
Can't attach a file since I'm not using my PC to post this, but the link above goes to a copy on Wikipedoa of the same photo I had printed back in '03. My great-grandfather is 3rd or 4th fron the left in the middle row. He fought back in WWII, and volunteered for No. Commando (GB) in '40, which was then formed into the 11th SAS (first ever SAS regt). He and the 37 other men of X Troop parachuted into the mountains near Calitri, Italy on 10 Feb 1941, in what was the first British Airborne operation (code named Operation Colosuss). The troop managed blow up a bridge and the aqueduct that supplied a good percent of the water to southern Italy. Although he and his comrades were overwhelmed by Italians in their attempt to evac, it paved the way for the expansion of the British paratroop corps.
Can't attach a file since I'm not using my PC to post this, but the link above goes to a copy on Wikipedoa of the same photo I had printed back in '03. My great-grandfather is 3rd or 4th fron the left in the middle row. He fought back in WWII, and volunteered for No. Commando (GB) in '40, which was then formed into the 11th SAS (first ever SAS regt). He and the 37 other men of X Troop parachuted into the mountains near Calitri, Italy on 10 Feb 1941, in what was the first British Airborne operation (code named Operation Colosuss). The troop managed blow up a bridge and the aqueduct that supplied a good percent of the water to southern Italy. Although he and his comrades were overwhelmed by Italians in their attempt to evac, it paved the way for the expansion of the British paratroop corps.
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