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A German father and son read a letter from home, WW1, 1915 (media.kbin.social)
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[-] HBK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 8 months ago

Just like Pal Battalions, we didn't realize how bad of an idea this was until after WW1

[-] Madison420@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Not enough I suppose, you can still do battle buddies in the us military. I didn't think they can be direct relatives though.

[-] HBK@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 8 months ago

Huh, looks like it's up to 4.

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