In the Army Now - The joy of the Armed ForcesI've never been a soldier. I was an air cadet once, but that mostly involved sitting in a mouldy hut learning about aeroplane engines with the hint that one day we might go flying.
Yet, anyone who has spent time defending their nation, or at least drinking bromide-laced-tea for their nation, must have stories to tell. Tell them now.
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chthonic, Thu 23 Mar 2006, 18:26)
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WW2On my mother's side of the family I would have had my grandfather and 7 great uncles. My grandfather spent the war working in the mines as a "Bevin Boy". One of my great uncles was stationed in Singapore and was captured by the Japanese. My great grandmother received a red cross letter from him, basically he wrote saying he was fine, being well treated etc (with censorship you'd hardly expect him to be able to write the truth about conditions). As a ps to the letter he wrote the following:
"I know Bill (my grandfather) likes stamps, so tell him to take care steaming the one from this letter".
Underneath the stamp he had written "My tongue have been cut off"
I think the Jap bastards should have been nuked back into the stone age.
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stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 28 Mar 2006, 13:56,
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