He Lopped it off! (Did he cut off his hand for this?)
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
United States
March 22, 2017 12:01am CST
No, I highly doubt he did.
Though just the wording itself suggests it.
"Has person lost arm, leg, hand, eye or is he obviously physically disqualified? (specify)"
That's the question asked on a draft card form for my great great grandfather. The response? "Left Hand Off."
So was he born without a left hand? Or did he lose it in a farming accident?
OR did he cut it off so he didn't have to go to war?
We'll never know... 
(In all seriousness, I'd hope he simply lost it or was born without it.)
(In all seriousness, I'd hope he simply lost it or was born without it.)8 people like this
6 responses
@celticeagle (159452)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Mar 17
Probably a farming accident. A lot of those.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
22 Mar 17
That's what I figured as well. I hope he wasn't left handed.
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@celticeagle (159452)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Mar 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum .......That'd be rough.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
23 Mar 17
@celticeagle Couldn't imagine it. Had to write with my left hand when I was in school. I had to have stitches on my right and couldnt't use it for awhile.
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@GardenGerty (157652)
• United States
24 Mar 17
It creates more mysteries than it solves to know this.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
24 Mar 17
I am sure I never will know. No one in my immediate family would know this at any rate. In fact, the only "immediate family" I have left is my dad and aunt.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
22 Mar 17
Highly doubtful. It would probably have been written down in some bible somewhere, if anything. Or in some manner of correspondence between family. Either way, I have none of that stuff available to me.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
24 Mar 17
I have enough pesky relatives now, don't need any pesky ancestors! 
@teamfreak16 (43420)
• Denver, Colorado
22 Mar 17
Hopefully. That would be a most drastic way to avoid military service.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104632)
• United States
23 Mar 17
I certainly wouldn't recommend it.
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