Wow, you have a fascinating and storied family history! I am a history buff of history of all kinds (from ancient to modern) and one thing that I’ve found is always lost but most fascinating to me (unless memorialized in movies or books) is that every single life has a ‘life story’ to tell. Some are wonderful, some are sad and tragic, some are heroic. For every ten thousand heroes, only one, if that, gets memorialized or recognized. My great grandfather fought in WWI (for the good side lol), and my grandfather fought in WW2 (again for the good side), my son served in Afghanistan. I lived in Toronto, ancaster, Hamilton and Pickering when I was growing up. Thank you so much for your response to my post.
I’ve been a history buff as well. I spent many years researching the Civil War, focusing on the black regiments from Massachusetts, hence my screen name mass55th. Several years ago I turned over all my research papers (8 boxes full) on both units, along with other Civil War units that I’d collected along the way, to the National Guard Museum and Archives in Concord, Mass. I didn’t want the stuff to end up in a garbage bin after I died. I’m also interested in British history, Medieval, World War I, and World War II. I had two uncles, one my mother’s brother, and one my father’s brother who served in the Army during WWII. My brother joined the Army in ‘64, and ended up in Vietnam ‘66-67. He passed in 1995 at the age of 51. I’m the last one left in my family. I was the baby. Please thank your son for his service.