My daddy left to go overseas when I was 9 hours old. He served in North Africa, Sicily, then Italy for 33 months.
He was a Staff Sergeant under Gen. Patton’s command.
My grandmother had 4 sons and one son in law serving at the same time. They say her hair turned gray overnight.
My maternal grandmother had one son, three son in laws, a would be son in law, and a nephew in the war simultaneously ~ several in heavy combat. Two died.
My other grandmother had three sons, a brother in law and two nephews in the war simultaneously ~ several in heavy combat. She saw a Movietone News Reel where they carried away one son on a stretcher (it was days before she knew if he was alive or dead).
Their hometown, Seymour, Indiana, was also home to Freeman Field. They could see what the air war was all about right here ~ http://www.freemanfield.org/images/data/FREEMANFACTSHEET.pdf