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My grandpa was a Seabee in the pacific for WWII, and my uncle got drafted into 'nam and served as a medic.
My dad got a lawyer.
My family's take on war has generally been this, and in my immediate family, certainly this: You fight for your land and your freedom. You don't fight for politicians and governments and corporations.
I have some respect for those who went to the World Wars, where there was a true and significant threat, even though much of it was making up for the stupidity of various governments.
To those of the later wars, I have mostly pity, that they were treated like pit bulls, while their masters sat comfortably at home making money and whoopie with all the women left behind.
Veteran's Day has always struck me as a day for mourning human stupidity, malice, and greed, and for the innocence lost to it.
I still respect and honor everyone brave enough to serve for my country.
That is why I celebrate Armistice Day. Remembering the return of peace to shattered lands and broken lives.
My dad owns a WW2 halftrack.
Two veterans (Canadian) that served in one during the war went for a ride in it and I taped them telling old war stories and stuff.
Link: http://iseenothing.com/files/halftrack_02.avi
40 minutes or so, DivX
And for fun: http://iseenothing.com/files/halftrack_01.avi
Definetly. This is why they say "never forget".
My Canadian grandpa served in the military in WWII, he was a doctor. He served in Scotland, and later Holland, in charge of a hygiene unit. I know him and his men uncovered several concentration camps. He doesn't talk much about what he saw.
My Finnish grandpa fought against the Russians in WWII. He got shot in the hand, and in the head, but luckily his helmet stopped the bullet or I would not be here writing this right now.
One of my uncles serves in the Finnish military right now. He has done peacekeeping with the UN, I know he was in Golan Heights in Israel for a while.
I dont have any relatives in the Canadian military right now. But I definetly feel for our troops (both Canadian and our allies) in Afghanistan right now.
The other day I saw a documentary about Paschendale. There is no better example of the madness of war.
I cranked Iron Maiden's song called "Paschendale" after that. My own little way of remembering it.
They swiftly left the army afterwards.
When they tell stories, they whisper.
He was a cool old guy. I have the brass casing from an artillery shell he gave me sitting on my desk, holding my pens. He gave me a British combat dagger he had as well. I dont think it was ever used. As I recall, the only time he was wounded during the war was hurting his foot in a pub while he was on leave.
A second great uncle of mine apparantly flew some sort of Torpedo bomber over the channel. He died in a plane crash after the war, in an unfortunate bit of irony after surviving WWII. He was on his way to renlist for Korea as I recall. We came across his hand written notes on dog-fighting from pilot training in our basement a while back. [/url]
Imagine that...
My sweet, untouched Miranda
And while the seagulls are crying
We fall but our souls are flying
As for my father's side of the family, my Great Uncle actually saw combat. As a matter of fact, he was killed in action. We never really talked about it much, and since his sister, my Grandmother, (again, on my dad's side) also died in 2003 (that was a fun summer), I'd have to see what my dad knows about it.
The only one who really talked about it was my mum's dad. That was mainly when they went on family holidays and he refused to step foot on the beach on the basis that "I saw enough bloody sand in Egypt to last me a life-time!"
they were shot down over ET, and taken as POWs to Stalag Luft III (well those that survived the whole going down thing...)
He then was one of the pump guys on the air contraption they made to help the guys digging in the tunnel as part of The Great Escape.
That has got to be the best anecdote ever.
One grandpa was killed in WW2 and one refused to talk about it and has since passed away.
http://dailylinuxuser.com/winterborn.mp3
http://dailylinuxuser.com/winterborntech.mp3
On the black screen
as a nazi
I doubt I joined for the same reasons they did but I'm glad I did now.
i should find out.... i think they had at least 5 crew, and he's canadian so...
also yeah he's been on tv and stuff to talk about the Great Escape. the air pump was made out of milk cans and the brand was KLIM (milk backwards?)
he has all the stories that pretty much correlate with the movie. he's also very lucky he wasnt picked to be one of the first escapees... cuz we all know what happened to them