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Title: Taking Credit for France's Last Victory
Post by: midnight Target on May 03, 2004, 04:10:08 PM

While visiting my Dad recently I found out that his Dad Ran off (from Sweden) and joined the FRENCH army during WW1. He served his time, then became a member of the Elite Stockholm Guard Cavalry unit. He didn't like the inactivity, so he jumped a ship and came to the USA as an Illegal Alien. He then joined the US Navy to gain his citizenship. All this happened between 1914 and 1918.

So.

My Grandfather served in 3 different armies during the Great War. Cool huh?

Title: Taking Credit for France's Last Victory
Post by: slimm50 on May 03, 2004, 04:14:13 PM

Wow! That is cool. You could build a movie around those exploits.

Title: Taking Credit for France's Last Victory
Post by: straffo on May 03, 2004, 04:19:09 PM

Wow :)

Wich unit he was in ?

Title: Taking Credit for France's Last Victory
Post by: midnight Target on May 03, 2004, 04:23:43 PM

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Originally posted by straffo
Wow :)

Wich unit he was in ?

Not a clue Straffo. My Dad (now 78) found this out when when he visited Sweden for the 1st time about 10 years ago. All of it is verbal history from my Grandfather's surviving (at the time) sister. My grandfather was killed in a train accident in 1928. He was a brakeman.

Title: Taking Credit for France's Last Victory
Post by: straffo on May 03, 2004, 04:29:52 PM

To bad it will make near impossible to get any combat record :(

Title: Taking Credit for France's Last Victory
Post by: eskimo2 on May 03, 2004, 04:48:44 PM

Pretty amazing.

I met a guy who was in the Russian, Finish, and German Armies during WWII.

eskimo