Our family tree is camouflaged

Petersburg, MI

I do genealogy, and my daughter always jokes and says our family tree is camouflaged. It is true that we have several generations of our family that have served their country.
My great-grandfather on my mother's side was a sergeant major in the British Army during World War I, my mother was in the English Women's Auxillary Territorial Service during World War II, and my father was in the U.S. Army Air Corps. They met in England and married there in 1945. I have followed in my parent's footsteps and have also served. I was in the Signal Corps in the U.S. Army from 1983 to 1986, and two of my daughters have also served their country. My oldest daughter was in the U.S. Army as an ammunition handler from 1999 to 2001. My other daughter has been serving in the U.S. Air Force for the last 10 years.
The military service in our family doesn't stop there. My husband and stepdad to my children retired from the U.S. Navy after 22 years of service. His father and older brother were in the U.S. Army for three years each; and sadly, his maternal grandfather was in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II and was killed during his service in China.
So as you can see, our family tree truly is camouflaged.

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