Tony Dokoupil opens up about his family's painful legacy

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Tony Dokoupil is opening up about his family story, and the painful reality of how it came to be.ALSO: HELLO! launches Jubilee T-shirt collection to celebrate Queen Elizabeth in styleThe CBS news anchor previously opened up about his unexpected family history in his 2014 memoir, The Last Pirate: A Father, His Son, and the Golden Age of Marijuana, in which he reminisces about his childhood with a father who was a drug dealer.However, his latest post to Instagram reveals the terrifying coincidence that allowed his family's legacy to continue, a story not even one of his own family members, Robby Dokoupil, knew about.WATCH: Tony reveals his New York City homeMORE: Tony Dokoupil shares emotional message from family of AR-15 inventorThe Memorial Day tribute shares the story of his grandfather, Rudy, who the star recounted: "Flew 33 raids over Nazi-occupied Europe as the engineer on a B-24 named Bodacious."He shared a picture of his grandfather with who appears to be his grandmother, both clad in traditional, perfectly tailored suits of the era.Alongside the sweet photo, he also included one of Rudy posing alongside the nine other airmen he worked with during the war, each wearing matching leather bomber jackets.His grandfather's tragic storyTony went on to detail the unfortunate future those men faced, and how his own grandfather's life was saved by sheer luck.MORE: Tony Dokoupil celebrates son's birthday with delivery room photosMORE: Tony Dokoupil shares rare family video with wife from his impressive New York homeHe explained: "Rudy was sick before the 34th raid and stayed on the ground.

The others never came home." His family legacy lives on through his kids, Eloise and TeddyAfter one of his family members commented: "I.