'Harlem Hellfighters' - 369th Infantry Regiment honored with Congressional Gold Medal at U.S. Capitol

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4. When Desert Storm

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Started - my dad was looking to move my brother to Canada or Brazil. No joke.

He promised my mom's dad that his grandson would never go through what he (WW2) or my dad (Korea and Vietnam) went through in combat.

My dad's family only served from WW1 on.

My mom's family fought in the French/Indian war. . . been here that long. My mom's dad thought America was terribly racist - and that other people needed to step up and fight in my brother's place. We'd left enough blood in the forest, jungles, and beaches. He had one daughter, and two grandchildren. His grandson should not have had to fight for a country that couldn't see fit to respect his son in law (who he adored. To military peas in a pod).

Grampa was NO joke. He was GOOD one.