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Message: <blockquote data-quote="stroker-c10" data-source="post: 1352627" data-attributes="member: 6929">My grandma does genealogy and has tracked back quite a few relatives to previous wars including many that fought for the south during the civil war.As for ones that I had the privilege of knowing.....my grandfather fought in WWII for the 12th Armored Division, as well as the Korean Police action.  He actually took the flag from in front of the borgemeisters* house in Landsberg Germany where Hitler was imprisoned when he wrote Mein Kampf.  We no longer have the flag due to the fact that we donated it to the 12th Armored Division museum, however, if anyone would like to see them, I could scan the pictures and upload them.My cousin has commanded troops recently in the middle east (I believe he has only done three terms so far) one or two outside of Baghdad and I believe the third term they sent him to Afghanistan.  He is a sergeant First Class in the Army and has won SMDC NCO, as well as the Audie Murphy Award (European Theatres and all theatres)</blockquote>