Mike Marron wrote

Just curious if any other folks out there whose father and/or mother
served in the military would like to introduce themselves? Tnx!

Mother (French), refuge, German invasion of Alsace-Lorraine, refuge, American
invasion of Alsace-Lorraine. One French uncle dead in German camp, another
dead in China, one survived German camp. American uncle survived Pearl Harbor,
but was a manic-depressive for the remainder of his life after having cleaned up all the
bodies.

Mother met my father during the battle of Metz, where he was an enlisted crew-dog
on B-25 TAC Air. (interesting tid-bit, he was shot down and parachuted into
friendly forces, and got a 6 day R&R where he met my mother). Married in 1945
and stationed in Bad Kissingen, Germany until 1947 where he went Civil Service at
the fields Base Ops when his enlistment was over. Returned to the US in 1947
when Civil Service position was deleted. Served continuously from 1939 - 1945
(SSgt). Died of severe alcoholism, and drug addiction at age 64. Mother died after
years of fighting anorexia nervosa at age 65 (which was also her weight).

P.S. They didn't know how insane they were... Hell, after seeing Dick Cheney,
you would call them normal.