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Daddy, what did you do in the war?

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Jolly

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https://www.ky3.com/2024/06/14/ozarks-life-wwii-veteran-is-only-son-civil-war-soldier-still-alive/
“Cry havoc and let slip the DOGE of war!”

Those who cheered as J-6 American prisoners were locked in solitary for 18 months without trial, now suddenly fight tooth and nail for foreign terrorists’ "due process". — Buck Sexton
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taiwan_girl

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Interesting. I think it was @jon-nyc who provided the interesting fact that the grandson of Andrew Jackson (I think) was still alive.
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jon-nyc

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It was the grandson of John Tyler, b 1790. When I first posted he was one of two surviving grandsons, now it’s just him. He was born in 1928.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harrison_Ruffin_Tyler
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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George K

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Sorta relates?
"Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.
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jon-nyc

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lol @George-K
"You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from."
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