My father was a WWI vet. He was a QMC 1st Sgt. with the 82nd ID stationed in Bar-le-Duc, France. Being in the QMC he didn't see any action..he didn't talk much about what he did..just told a funny story about going AWOL after the war and ending up hooking up with a French entertainer in Nice. He said it was all innocent, but, well..ya know.
I also had one uncle with the 5th Engineers & another uncle with the Railway troops ( he ended up on Macarthur's staff in WWII..a bird Col.) None of them ever talked about their time in France..understand it, 'cause I don't talk much about Vietnam to my kids or nieces or nephews either.
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