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 Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 8:16 pm
So I'm an American that is into many different cultures and history.
My Great uncle dead in combat in WW2 overseas and I was wondering if anyone else had an ancestor story from WW2? I also like learning about ancient history,customs and ways of life of other cultures.
Any topic really.
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:28 pm
Lol I'm Canadian.....so not exactly international but I'll help where I can!!
My grandfather lived through WW2. He was 15 and told them he was a year older so he could get in. He was a code breaker on submarines and fought for Italy. Near the end of the war he was scheduled to board a sub, but his schedule got changed spontaneously and that sub and it's crew were blown up a couple hours later.....When the war ended he brought his family over the Canada and married my grandmother who's Japanese!! I think he was 21 when he left Italy. smile There you go! A slice of my history!!!! biggrin biggrin
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Posted: Mon Jan 17, 2011 3:38 pm
Somewhere out there,Yay! Another American interested in this stuff!
But I found something about Norwegian culture. =]
 There's this tree with star-shaped fruit.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:18 am
viper_353 Lol I'm Canadian.....so not exactly international but I'll help where I can!! My grandfather lived through WW2. He was 15 and told them he was a year older so he could get in. He was a code breaker on submarines and fought for Italy. Near the end of the war he was scheduled to board a sub, but his schedule got changed spontaneously and that sub and it's crew were blown up a couple hours later.....When the war ended he brought his family over the Canada and married my grandmother who's Japanese!! I think he was 21 when he left Italy. smile There you go! A slice of my history!!!! biggrin biggrin I have family from Canada. Also a relative in WW2 but he passed away in Germany.
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Posted: Fri Jan 21, 2011 8:25 am
Arkadiusz Caelum Somewhere out there,Yay! Another American interested in this stuff!
But I found something about Norwegian culture. =]
There's this tree with star-shaped fruit. thanks for the info I love there folklore and history.Its a really cool culture. I'm doing my own study on WW2 and the countries involved. I also like Japanese history. Im not so interested in my own country history unless it comes to the wars. Some things I find interesting like how people lived.
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Posted: Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:34 am
I'm British, my grandma and grandpa were evacuated during the war; they were kids at the time. Apparently it was great.
I did have a great-uncle who was gassed, not sure which war that was...
Apparently a lot of family members died fighting, I don't really hear much about the war though.
My mother lived in Northern Ireland, during the Troubles, and I prefer hearing about that stuff really. I'm quite happy about my irish heritage and often wish I lived over there.
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Posted: Thu Feb 03, 2011 8:51 am
I too have Irish heritage. My great grandmas parents come over here on boat.
Its always interesting to learn about history of ones family and how they saw things.
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Posted: Sat Apr 16, 2011 8:09 am
viper_353 Lol I'm Canadian.....so not exactly international but I'll help where I can!! My grandfather lived through WW2. He was 15 and told them he was a year older so he could get in. He was a code breaker on submarines and fought for Italy. Near the end of the war he was scheduled to board a sub, but his schedule got changed spontaneously and that sub and it's crew were blown up a couple hours later.....When the war ended he brought his family over the Canada and married my grandmother who's Japanese!! I think he was 21 when he left Italy. smile There you go! A slice of my history!!!! biggrin biggrin mine did too... he was also in the korean war! he got the purple heart too! i love him and all that
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