• Son_of_dad@lemmy.world
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    “my grandfather was a war hero. He killed 20 men, then spent the rest of the war in an allied prison camp”

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      "My grandad was responsible for 28 downed German planes in WW2.

      Still to this day holds the record as the worst mechanic the Luftwaffe ever had."

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        "My grandfather destroyed an entire Nazi ammunition and explosives dump in WW2.

        And that was the last time they ever let him smoke on duty."