Veterans Day

There is also a currently serving US Navy Destroyer named after them,
USS The Sullivans (DDG-68)

 

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The ball cap was a gift from the COB when I was serving at NAVHOSP Groton. I was on USS TRIPOLI and USS NEW ORLEANS during the first Gulf War.

 

Richard Bradley served in the Revolutionary war

"Richard Bradley, while a resident of Duplin County, North Carolina, enlisted August 9, 1777, served as a corporal and sergeant in Captain Henry Dawson's and James Read's companies, Colonel Thomas Clark's North Carolina Regiment, wintered at Valley Forge, was in the Battle of Monmouth, went south, was in the siege of Charleston, South Carolina, and, on May 12, 1780, was taken prisoner and remained such for two years and three months, made his escape, and was discharged in the Fall of 1782, near Charleston. He served a tour of two or three months against the Tories in North Carolina, assisted in taking prisoners and in shooting one Tory, and was discharged in November or December 1783, officers’ names not stated."

Richard Bradley's son---



this id my 4 great grandfather

Abraham Bradley ( 13 Feb 1792- 25 Dec 1866) was born in Caswell County N. C. The earliest record of Abram is a land grant from Sumner County dated from 1813 for 46 six acres of land at Drakes Creek, near his father. Abraham fought in the War of 1812. He served under Colonel Thomas Williamson in the 2nd Regiment West Tennessee Volunteer Mounted Gunmen. This unit served from September 1814 - April 1815. According to the regimental histories, "they helped Jackson take the port of Pensacola from the Spanish on 7 November 1814. Williamson's men then participated in all of the engagements at New Orleans, where they were part of the left line of Jackson's breastworks. In March 1815 they returned to Tennessee via the Natchez Trace." Below is a copy of Abram's discharge from his service record.





Abram Bradley's son



this is my 3rd ggggrandfather A.W, Bradley he was a confederate in the 30th TN infantry,

11- 16 Feb 1862 Battle of Fort Donelson TN

POW

Feb- Sept 1862 Camp Butler IL

Trans-Mississippi

22 Nov 1862 Tippah Ford, MS (Abbeville)

3 Dec 1862 Springdale, MS

29 Dec 1862 Chickasaw Bayou near Vicksburg

March 1863 Port Hudson, LA

3 July 1863 Edward's Station, MS

12 May 1863 Battle of Raymond MS

13 July 1863 Yazoo City, MS

10- 17 July 1863 Siege of Jackson MS

Army of Tennessee

19- 20 Sept 1863 Chickamauga GA

25 Nov 1863 Missionary Ridge, TN

Atlanta Campaign

7-13 May 1864 Battle of Rocky Face Ridge

13-15 May Resaca, GA

9 Jun 1864 Pine Mountain, GA

27 Jun 1864 Kennesaw Mountain, GA

20 July 1864 Peach Tree Creek

22 July 1864 Atlanta, GA

31 Aug- 1 Sept 1864 Jonesboro, GA

Oct 1864 Big Shanty, GA

Invasion of Tennessee

26- 29 Oct 1864 Decatur, AL

30 Nov 1864 Battle of Franklin, TN

5-6 Dec 1864 Murfreesboro, TN

16 Dec 1864 Battle of Nashville, TN

The Last Battles

2 Apr 1865 Hazel Run, NC

21 Apr 1865 Battle of Bentonville NC



A.W.'s discharge paperwork





to keep in monetary, a A confederate 50 my family held onto

 

Thanks to all of the veterans for their service! I am not a veteran but my dad was a WW2 veteran. We are Canadian and when Canada followed the UK into the war my dad and his three brothers all volunteered in the fall of 1939.

Unlike the Ryan family, the oldest brother was a shipping clerk in Halifax, the second oldest worked on building coastal defences in BC and Alaska and the youngest was eventually shipped off to Silicy in the infantry where he was wounded and sent back home.

My dad was a very clever man who could figure out how anything worked and could jury rig anything to get it running. In an amazing moment the army recognized this and shipped him to London where he was a draftsman on tank designs.

After D-day he volunteered to go over to Europe as a tank mechanic. He was never right at the front but just behind fixing knocked out tanks. He went all the way through the low countries and into Germany and was there right to the end.

Like many veterans he never talked about it much, even with his brothers. The only time I saw him get riled up about it was when he was sitting in the local cafe talking with a German army veteran who lived our town - they got along well as they were both just regular soldiers during the war.

Some idiot was saying something stupid about WW2 and the German told him that was wrong. When asked why he should believe him my dad and the German veteran said "We were there. Where were you?". Best answer ever!

 

Your family members all look alike.
Thanx2 all.

 

My Grandma and her sister were children and jews in WW2. They were taken from home and hidden in some farmhouse for like 5 years. Two little children. It breaks my heart. The sister ( My great aunt) ended up in the mental institute where she spent most of her life, she just died a couple years ago. Very sad.

German high command is definitely at fault for the war, but your average deutsch
is just another victim in my eyes, of misinformation among other things. Lets celebrate those who fought for freedom and work together to make sure nothing like this ever happens again.

Lest we forget.

 

I have one ancestor who served in "The King's German Legion" at the battle of Waterloo in 1815. At the time the King of Hanover (in Germany) was also King of England. The King's German Legion were Hannovarian soldiers recruited in northern Germany.

Another ancestor (my great greatgrandfather on my mother's side) was a Husar (10. Magdeburg Husar Regiment) in the Franco-German War of 1870/71. He participated in the battle of Mars-La-Tour, which is generally regarded as the last cavalary battle in history. (The more famous Magdeburg Cuirassiers rode a famous attack called "Bredow's death ride" during the battle, loosing half the regiment, but succeeding in breaking the French lines).

Several great grandfathers and grandfathers particpated in WWI and WWII. In WWI, one participated in the battle of the Masurian lakes, where the Prussian army repelled the Russian invasion. Another one, whom I actually met as a child, was wounded at the western front. He had a stiff knee.

One of my grandfathers participated in the battle of Kursk, which was by far the biggest battle in all of human history. Every other battle pales in comparison to Kursk.

Then there is a big gap regarding veterans in my family, but my cousin is currently an Admiral of the German navy.