Old WW1 Veterans who Kept Fighting in WW2

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“Let’s show the whippersnappers how to fight a war”

Interesting thing about Patton. After the 'Slapping Incident', he became interested in 'Shell Shock' and became educated about it. He realized what it was and it's effects and afterwards had compassion for those affected. I feel if he had lived into his later years, he would have become an advocate for the treatment of PTSD.

I remember there was a story of a US Civil War veteran who served in WWI in the Canadian military. He was in drummer boy for a Michigan regiment and lied about his age to enlist. He then lied about his age to join the Canadian army but was found out and sent home.

Funfact: The famous German general, Erwin Rommel fought at the Italian front in WW1

Going through WW1 and deciding you still have enough fight in you for a WW2 is nothing short of impressive

While he didn't get deployed in WWI, Norman Cota definitely deserves a mention. He was an instructor during WWI, and he personally landed during D-Day in WWII despite being over 50. High command ignored his warnings about D-Day (he wanted to land at night/pre-dawn), and General Bradley ignored is warnings about Hürtgen Forest (in that it was a deathtrap).

Can’t wait for the stories about WWII vets serving in WWIII.

My Great Grandfather was one of these. Italian side of WW1 at 17, and his son was reserve canon-crew American in Vietnam.We still have an old canon shell, vintage fire extinguisher, and a bayonet marked U.S 1945 from him. I wish to be as amazing as Gaetano and Francis were.

My great grand father served, starting aged 15, in the First World War. As a Royal Marine in the trenches. When demobbed, he returned to the naval shipyard he was at, but saw the way the wind was blowing and managed to enlist in the Royal Navy. He recived a commision and was serving on HMS Warspite from 1936-1944.

Don't mess with those who survived the first world war. They know a thing or two those youngsters don't.

Wally: no retreat, no surrender. Devart: the guy that even god wouldn’t be abble to kill. Paton: bald eagle scream

“Grandpa what did you do during the war?” “Which one?”

My grandfather was in ww2 , korea, and Vietnam. He was not normal. He self deleted at the age of 89 when he lost the ability to care for himself. He made E6 and E8 2x , he only did what he thought was right .

Take “once a marine, always a marine.” To a next level.

“There are old soldiers and there are bold soldiers, but there are very few old, bold soldiers.” — Unknown “Beware of an old man in a profession where men usually die young.” — Anonymous “Old soldiers never die...And they don't fade away.” — Jack Morrison/Soldier: 76, Overwatch

Fighting in and surviving both world wars is a crazy accomplishment.

Regular Soldier: I lost my hand can I go home? Adrian Carton de Wiart: Tis but a scratch! I've had worse.

My great grandfather served in both ww1 and ww2, he was with the Canadian army. He was supposed to go ashore on D-day but broke his leg days prior too and remained in England.

My great-grandfather was born in 1895 in a small village at the foot of Monte Grappa. In the First World War he served as an infantry sergeant on the Isonzo front and later on the Trentino front, in the regiment that first liberated Trento in 1918. He was decorated with seven medals (two of which however were awarded on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the victory). In 1939 he was sent by the fascist government, together with many others from his hometown, as Italian workforce (Fremdarbeiter) in a German factory that produced tanks. With the signing of the Italian armistice of 1943 he was put into forced labor for a few months, then he was forced to join a Panzer division of the German Army in the role of field repair mechanic. He remained at the front with them until March 1945, when they were captured by the Americans near Nuremberg. He remained a POW until the end of the conflict and then was able to return home. Basically you can say that he took part in both world wars!