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LittleGirl

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4. I just heard from my brother

Reply to NotHardly (Reply #3)

Mon Nov 11, 2024, 10:04 PM

Nov 2024

That my grandfather was in WW1. He told me my grandfather was injured by a phosphorus explosion and spent 6 months in the hospital during November 11th celebrations. He was about 24 years old then. I don’t remember any scars on his arms but my brother did. Grandpa died in 1979.

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