My husband was adopted. We found his biological mother after the birth of my first son. She told us about how his father fought in Vietnam. Shortly after he got back, he killed himself. She soon found out she was pregnant. She gave my husband up for adoption because her mother wouldn't let...
My grandfather fought in WWII. He was climbing a ladder behind another soldier. The soldier dropped his rifle, hitting my grandfather in the face. Knocked out most of his teeth. He would take out his dentures and tell us stories.