Historical Items Related to Your Family (sorta 56k die)

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Historical Items Related to Your Family (sorta 56k die)

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I'll start this off with a item I discovered several years ago when cleaning out my grandmothers house when she came to live with us; and only rediscovered it just now while cleaning out my library.

I also found an old 1960ies book titled:

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF PRESIDENT KENNEDY

ZOMG LIBERAL INDOCTRINATION

*set on fire with white phosphorous*

*house burn down*


But off the joking...Here's the item I found:

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Before I found this, I had no idea my paternal grandfather was even connected with APOLLO; just that he worked for Western Union for a long long time.
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Re: Historical Items Related to Your Family (sorta 56k die)

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My father's WWII British Royal Army service medal (of which type this is a picture).
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