One of my uncles was a POW to the Germans during WWII, he passed in 1992 of brain cancer.
Another uncle was with the Army Corp of Engineers that built the Radford Army Ammunition Plant near where I live (It's still cranking out munitions for our armed forces.)
Other uncles of mine have served as support for the military in some capacity or another.
My father worked on a AA gun crew. Their chief duties was to shoot down Buzz Bombs hitting London. They shot down something like 8 out of 10. The Brits were very pleased.
Dad passed away when I was 3 years old, but he kept all his Company newletters and paperwork. It was very interesting reading.
He fought in the campaigns in the Ardennes, Central Europe, Naples-Foggis, Rhineland, and Rome-Arno.
BTW all with the wrong blood type listed on his dog-tag. When he came home and married my mom, he got back the blood test. He did not have type O, but A+.
I am curious if he gets into any of the footage since he was standing by one of the photographers as Monte Cassino was being bombed.
He died when he was 55, the age I will be in less than one month.
These were great men.