I had two great uncles fight in WWI...

[Javaman]

I'm glad the orange asshole didn't attend the ceremony.

I don't want such a cowardly piece of shit representing our nation or the families
of people who had relatives serve in WWI.

He represents the very worst part of American society. He is not worthy of the honor to represent this nation.

Fuck him.

[sinkingfeeling]

1. My great uncle was killed 5 days before it ended. He is buried in Ohio.

[MaryMagdaline]

2. My grandfather and 2 great-uncles fought for Canada

They were in for 3 years. I am surprised they all survived.

Harry Truman surved in France. Wish he would come back and kick 45’s ass.

[DFW]

3. My dad survived WWII, Granddad survived WWI

I buried my dad at Arlington National Cemetery 18 years ago. I'm sorry to have lost him that early, but I think seeing the Trump presidency would have killed him (he was a member of the Washington print press for 50 years) a little bit every day that it went on. It's perverse enough that Trump is within 100 miles of him every day he is in DC.

[shraby]

4. My dad survived WWII as did his brother. Grandpa (his dad) survived WWI.

Dad drove a tank and Grandpa rode a motorcycle as a messenger from the front to the officers in the back.

We also had 23 members in the Revolutionary war. Don't know about the Civil war.

[DFW]

5. I know about the Civil War--my family wasn't here yet!

That's an easy one.

[TruckFump]

6. My maternal grandfather fought in WW I

In France, and he volunteered. That is how he got his US citizenship.

[htuttle]

7. My grandfather fought in WWI, and a great uncle with the Red Cross died in Vladivostok

He was an executive business manager of the Red Cross's Siberian mission after the war, and died of influenza there, like so many others.

He got a military funeral from the Czech army (these guys: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovak_Legion) who'd been stranded there, since he was able to find ways to get them food, medicine and fuel over those hard winters.

https://www.uwgoldstarhonorroll.org/service-member/116/arthur-bates-grindell

Both were staunch Republicans (though obviously a bit different than modern ones), and Trump would make them ashamed.

[redstateblues]

8. My Grandfather, a solid Democrat, was a Chaplain in WW1

He was a civil rights leader in our Florida town. He would never have tolerated Trump's cowardice

[Cirque du So-What]

9. My uncle served in WW I

He tried to enlist for WW II, but the local head of the draft board knew his age and wouldn't allow a 45-year-old man to rejoin the infantry. Wanting to contribute more to the war effort, he resigned from his position as superintendent of highway construction and went to work running heavy presses in a strategic defense rubber factory. He hated that job, but he felt that his hard work was making a difference. On VJ Day, he quit that job, characterizing it this way: "on the day they surrendered, so did I." Shortly after, he returned to his job with the state.

[handmade34]

10. my Grandfather fought in WWI

his military photo... he drowned soon after so I never got to hear his stories ☹
I have a Grandfather to be proud of... a President; not so much

[Hoyt]

11. My granddad drove a truck in Germany in W1. He was a farmer, big FDR fan.

[The River]

12. My Grandmother Sent 4 Sons

to WWII. 3 came back.
I was named after the one who didn't.
He's buried at Normandy.

[Niagara]

13. Eloquently stated. Thank you. n/t

[pansypoo53219]

14. several vets. only 1 cousin lost in WW2. i am appalled at this shistain.