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My family has fought in more than one more war.

It's not something though the men who did spoke much about.

These past World Wars, when I think about them, I think to myself, how much do we know about the real reasons behind them?

How much don't we know?

I should read through the histories a little more perhaps, and try to sift through to find original sources rather than commentaries.

But there's there's a lot to do in this life, don't know how much time I have for it.

But there's an earlier war I might read a book on soon, as I'm thinking of getting it as a gift. But that goes back a bit to the Civil War. I'll see.

Remembering my grandfather and great grandfather.

I shall have to go and walk to the graveyard before too much longer, God willing. It's not far to go to see.

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