ORIGINAL: sprior
ORIGINAL: JWE
Oh, God, If I could only go back. I never frikkin knew. The things he could have told me, the stuff he could have said. But perhaps, it’s best this way. I remember the man. And I think that’s enough
We never realise til it's too late that our grandads were once young too. My maternal grandad took part in the death march across north Germany in early '45 having spent the majority of WWII as a PoW. I only ever knew him as a gentle car mechanic.
You are most correct. My favorite uncle was a silver star recipient at Remargen where he was one of the first engineers across the bridge. Despite the fact I've interviewed hundreds of veterans for oral history projects (and always considerd myself pretty good at getting them to talk) do you think I could ever get him to talk about that experince?
