Family History Part 2...
Does anyone know of any interesting war stories in the family? I forgot to mention another peculiar tale. Not much of a story I guess.
There was always a suspicion that my great grandmother's first husband may have been a spy in World War II. We can't know for certain, but an old classmate of his told my family a story after my gr grandfather was dead.
They were both stationed in France I guess at the time during the war, the man came face to face with my gr grandfather. He asked, "___, what are you doing here?" He said my gr grandfather looked afraid, and he quickly ran off as if he didn't want to be seen. Years later when this man told my family what he had seen, he tried to assure them his sincerity. He had grown up with my gr grandfather. They were friends. They went to school together. He saw that man just about every day and he said he could never forget his face. He swears on his life, it was my gr grandfather he saw in France.
This peaked my families interest because after my gr grandfather came home, he refused to tell his wife anything that he did during the war. He lived a good 52 years after the war ended, and over those decades my great grandmother asked him again and again, "___, what did you really DO in the war?" Decades later, he finally answered her. He said he couldn't ever tell her because They would get to him through her. He thought if he told his war secrets They would kill his wife and family. Who "They" are, we'll never know. He died with the secret.
There was always a suspicion that my great grandmother's first husband may have been a spy in World War II. We can't know for certain, but an old classmate of his told my family a story after my gr grandfather was dead.
They were both stationed in France I guess at the time during the war, the man came face to face with my gr grandfather. He asked, "___, what are you doing here?" He said my gr grandfather looked afraid, and he quickly ran off as if he didn't want to be seen. Years later when this man told my family what he had seen, he tried to assure them his sincerity. He had grown up with my gr grandfather. They were friends. They went to school together. He saw that man just about every day and he said he could never forget his face. He swears on his life, it was my gr grandfather he saw in France.
This peaked my families interest because after my gr grandfather came home, he refused to tell his wife anything that he did during the war. He lived a good 52 years after the war ended, and over those decades my great grandmother asked him again and again, "___, what did you really DO in the war?" Decades later, he finally answered her. He said he couldn't ever tell her because They would get to him through her. He thought if he told his war secrets They would kill his wife and family. Who "They" are, we'll never know. He died with the secret.
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