arteacher
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My dad and both uncles survived WWII. My dad because he was an instrument mechanic in a Lancaster squadron in England, his brother had a degree so was made an officer and never saw front line action, and my other uncle was very very lucky as he was in the infantry and fought mostly in Italy. He was wounded, but not seriously. My dad and his brother didn't talk about it too much but my other uncle would get a snoot full at a family gathering and start his litany about how he had killed 27 men,so many with his rifle, so many with his pistol, so many with his knife, and so many with his bare hands. Kind of put a damper on the gathering.
When I was in high school I used to volunteer at a local mental facility for WWI survivors who were shell shocked. I would hand out cigarettes and listen to their stories about mustard gas and "going over". One of them had had his nasal cavity and throat destroyed by mustard gas and he would smoke by sticking his cigarette in his tracheotomy opening.
When I was a college student I met a lot of draft dodgers in Toronto. I felt sorry for them because they were torn between a sense of duty to their country and families, and their fear of death.
I remember.
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