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[-] LemmyKnowsBest@lemmy.world -5 points 8 months ago

Like my 89-year-old grandfather who was a World war II veteran, the military paid for his funeral. His death had absolutely nothing to do with military service. He died of old age, decades after World war II.

[-] Daft_ish@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I wonder if I could talk them into giving me the funeral money and just throwing me in a ditch instead.

[-] reverendsteveii@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

my grandfather was a wwii veteran, and they took pretty good care of him.

his brother was also a wwii veteran and spent the rest of his life drinking away the horrors he'd seen and scream-sobbing any time there was a thunderstorm.

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