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Originally Posted by Cinisajoy
Could it be the fact that it was our parents, grandparents, great-grandparents or in the case of teenagers their great great grandparents.
Come to think of it, I had a grandfather and an uncle in World War 2.
Grandfather was mom's side. Uncle was dad's side.
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Congratulations. Your answer is the best one so far. ha
It doesn't explain my interest. I had no relatives "close enough to count" who were in WW2 (or Korea, or Vietnam for that matter. And, no, they weren't draft dodgers. ha). I think that there was a great-great-great uncle or two in WW1. It seems like there are a lot of people who do have the interest because of what you suggested, however.
That is probably the main reason for some people, though. I know that if my grandfather had been in WW2 that it would have sharpened my interest considerably from what it already is.