"Courage
is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live
taking the form of readiness to die." ~ G.K. Chesterton
This
is a very important holiday here in the Bullock Household- What's Her Name
gets all teary eyed for Veteran's Day and Memorial Day, and we join her
and Dad in saying THANKS to those who served! So, to honor her family,
Mom is going to name the names of all of her ancestors and family who
have served this great nation of ours in the military.
1) Jacob Maple- Revolutionary War- Middlesex (NJ) Militia, Private- Battles of Trenton and Monmouth
2) William Maple (son of Jacob)- War of 1812- Guernsey, County, OH
3) Joseph Black - War of 1812- Guernsey County, OH
4) Albert Gallup Maple (grandson of William)- War Between the States- Union Army- Peoria, Illinois
5)
Albert Gain Black (grandson of Albert Gallup Maple and great grandson
of Joseph Black)- World War I- served in France 1917 to 1918, 1st
Lieutenant . From Peoria, Illinois- buried in Arlington National
Cemetery.
6) Robert Gain Black, Sr- (son of Albert G. Black)- Korean War
7)
Robert Gain Black, Jr (son of Robert G. Black, Sr and eldest brother of
WHN)- both Gulf Wars, Bosnia, etc. retired from US Army as a LTC,
Field Artillery
8)
What's Her Name- peacetime service in the US Army from 1984 to 1988-
commissioned in the Ordnance Corps on the same day that she graduated
from college. Served in Italy and Germany and was living in Germany
when the Berlin Wall came down.
9)
Geoffrey C. Bullock (Dad)- USN Individual Ready Reserve- is currently a
LCDR and will retire with 20 years of service in September 2012
10) Geoffrey S. Bullock (Dad's Dad)- Us Army during the 1960s- played with tanks!
11) Louis Bullock (Dad's uncle)- US Army medic- late 1950s
