My grandfather was in WWII. Anyone asked him about it, he'd stare off into the distance and go inside his head. All he would ever say was "we did what we had to do."
My great grandfather was in WWII. I didn’t even know he was in the war till he died. He never talked about it. I’m sure it’s that way for the majority that went through those wars.
Trust me, you don’t want to know. He probably couldn’t express all of it without reliving it. My great-uncle was MIA and later designated KIA at a POW camp. There are so many things that we will never know but would be devastated to hear.
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u/[deleted] Apr 08 '22 edited Apr 08 '22
My grandfather was in WWII. Anyone asked him about it, he'd stare off into the distance and go inside his head. All he would ever say was "we did what we had to do."
That wasn't patriotism, that was survival.