Thread:Argali1/@comment-26863727-20160613160049

My grandparents had lost everything in the World War, thanks to the combined efforts of the Nazis and Russians in Poland. After the Russians were betrayed, they released my grandmother from the Siberian labor camp they had shipped her off to. My grandfather had joined the remnants of the Polish army as they joined up with Britain and France.

I'm not sure what exactly happened to my grandmother, only that she ended up in England. Meanwhile, my grandfather served in Africa (the only story he ever shared about the war was the first time he rode a camel), and was awarded several medals which are on loan to a museum ever since he died in 2010. Once the loan is up, I intend to figure out exactly what they were for. Anyway, the two of them first met after the war in the UK, and immigrated to the US. Through hard work, on their part and on my mom's, plus an assist from my dad's job, me and my siblings are part of the middle class. My grandfather had some time in politics as well, being one of the biggest voices during Ford's administration that helped get a bill opening the VA to veterans of other country's militaries, as long as their country had been an ally of the US at the time.

So I fully know that if it weren't for the States accepting refugees I would probably be having hot tea once a day and love soccer. Or not exist at all... 