Originally Posted by Llew Well my father was a submariner and with the destroyers in the worst period of the Atlantic campaign during WW2.
He was grateful to have survived the war, although its effects on him meant for instance that a firework going off would make him visibly jump out of a chair. We kids would laugh at that, but what did we know?
He never forgot his mates who didn't come back, and that's why I and hopefully every thinking person will always remember those people.
And those who continue to fight wars now.
Llew |
My ex father in law was on the Ark Royal when it was sunk. he would never talk about it. I had a very good family member who was a Jap POW, never got over it. Must have washed his hands 50 times a day. But we don't really know if we haven't been through it.