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Originally Posted by ZED SLED

My grandfather was on the Hornet when it went down at Santa Cruz. War was over for him and spent the rest of his life on disability. I had an uncle on the USS Massachusetts who saw action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. We didn't know it until his funeral in 2013, but he was awarded 3 bronze stars and a silver star. His own kids never knew. My aunt put it in his obituary which she had prepared even before her death 2 years prior and no one saw it until then.

wow. Amazing!