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- Sergeant Major of the Gee
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Helping my parents clean out their attic today and I came across this. My grandmother had a husband and a brother deployed to Europe.
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Re: Family deployment banner
Nice to see and in great condition.
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Re: Family deployment banner
Looks to be in great condition, throw that in a frame.
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- Sergeant Major of the Gee
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Re: Family deployment banner
I’ve not seen one like it until recently. I was watching an episode of Five Came Back, a Netflix documentary. It was the John Ford Midway film. In it is a lady sitting in a chair with one just like it hanging on the wall. It’s amazing the things that catch our eye.
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Re: Family deployment banner
GREAT piece of your family history!
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- Sergeant Major of the Gee
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Here’s another little artifact I found a few weeks ago helping my dad clean out his office. Edelweiss my grandfather brought home. And since you are a White M3 guy, here’s a picture of my grandfather leaning on his White M3A1.
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Re: Family deployment banner
Very nice souvenirs.
Thanks for sharing the photos with us.
Yves
Thanks for sharing the photos with us.
Yves
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Re: Family deployment banner
VERY cool! Thankfully you've saved these precious artifacts. So many are lost to history as decendants don't know or don't care what they represent.
1943 White M-3 Halftrack, 1944 CCKW 353, 1945 MB, 1944 Bantam T3,
1945 Ben-Hur 1-ton trailer, MVPA 12610, NRA Life Member
1945 Ben-Hur 1-ton trailer, MVPA 12610, NRA Life Member
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Re: Family deployment banner
How many of us here have blue star banners hanging up? My daughter joined the Navy 10 years ago and is still serving. When she joined I went out and bought a single blue star banner and it is still hanging on my front door.
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One of the few, Frank USMC RET
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Re: Family deployment banner
Don't fly one myself, Frank.
I don't have any family members in active service at the moment.
But I see a few flags out while I am driving around the countryside.
Another thing I also see is blue porch lights.
Unfortunately, a lot of folks don't know what either is about. These folks just think the person with the blue light forgot to take their Christmas lights down or the blue flags are about something radical.
I don't have any family members in active service at the moment.
But I see a few flags out while I am driving around the countryside.
Another thing I also see is blue porch lights.
Unfortunately, a lot of folks don't know what either is about. These folks just think the person with the blue light forgot to take their Christmas lights down or the blue flags are about something radical.
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Re: Family deployment banner
we have Green porch light bulbs we put out in May and November here.
One of the few, Frank USMC RET
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