Friday, January 26, 2024

A Mother with her 8 sons who all served in WWII and ALL survived and came home!

 


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  1. Well wasn’t she just the baby factory!!!

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  2. The Good Lord was certainly smiling down on THAT family!
    Great picture!

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    1. He certainly was!
      Too bad that large families like that are frowned upon today…scripture tells us that sons are like olive trees at your table! Represents blessings and this mom was truly blessed

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    2. Latinos and muslims have large families all the time... I bet you love that!

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    3. To anon Jan 29 @ 8:01 am. Thought your comment was offensive and unnecessary…I take it that ALL Latinos and ALL MUSLIMS should not be allowed to have large families?

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  3. What a resemblance to mom they all have!

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  4. Looks like 5 Army, 2 Navy, and 1 Marine

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    1. There's always one black sheep in the family. ;-)

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    2. almost posted "25% jarh-" then recalled I'm an old man and never could run fast..,

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    1. Well, if I had to guess, I would say it probably either started with an "O'" or it ended with a vowel. Either way, one of the sons was named "Joe" and one of them was supposed to become a priest, but didn't because of the war.
      RetRsvMike

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  6. There was a Bonnevie family in Livermore Falls, Maine, whose mother, Fideledis (ne: Dupre) and father, Mathias, welcomed home 8 sons from various WWII service. She was presented a pin with 8 stars.

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  7. Eight kids and she still has a figure. That one's a keeper!

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    1. I can't think of a better exercise program for a woman than having eight boys.

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  8. My maternal Grandfather had six brothers in the army, they all came home,there were also 4 girls in the family. Grandpa was married and a farmer with 2 kids so he was exempt plus his only brother in law was in the navy so yeah total commitment. In fact Grandpa was notified that he was going to be called up anyway for the invasion of Japan, and then before he could be drafted Truman dropped the bomb. They never once felt bad about the bomb!

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  9. Without trying to be too snarky, those boys certainly have mom's prominent nose!!!

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  10. My mother had seven brothers and five
    sisters. All survived into their eighties. A
    remarkable generation of people. They
    built a country through very difficult times,
    then saved it for us. I fear they have not
    been adequately replaced. I suspect we
    will find out soon.
    Bubbarust

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  11. I have 5 brothers and 1 sister. Yeah, those guys all came from the same store.

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