Veterans in My Family
Although I would not say that my family is a military one, in the sense of having career military folks in any of the generations, there are veterans in most (maybe all) generations that I can find. Going back from …
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Veterans Day, 2019
I remember it being called Armistice Day when I was young, and the holiday was always celebrated on November 11, the day the Armistice ending World War I was signed and went into effect. I had two grandfathers eligible for …
One World War I Veteran
This is Abe Max Scheier, MD. He was commissioned as a first lieutenant in the Medical Reserve corps in Chicago on July 26, 1918 by the War Department.
Veterans Day or Remembrance Day 2014
In acknowledgement of Remembrance Day or as we in the USA know it now, Veteran’s Day, I am posting the several pictures I took when we recently visited the Tower of London. World War I, or the Great War, began …
Veterans Day, Who Went and Who Didn’t
Virtually every family in America has a veteran in the family tree, usually lots of veterans. My family is no exception, Revolutionary War, Civil War, Spanish-American War, First World War, Second World War, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan; we’ve had relatives …