Advice from Old PeopleSometimes, just sometimes, old people say something worth listening to. Ok, so it's like picking the needle out of a whole haystack of mis-remembered war stories, but those gems should be celebrated.
Tell us something worthwhile an old-type person has told you.
Note, we're leaving the definition of old up to you, you smooth-skinned youngsters.
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chthonic, Thu 19 Jun 2008, 16:16)
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Hear HearBoth of my grandfathers served in WWII, both sadly deceased. My grandfather on my father's side served in the RAF as a tail gunner in a Halifax, and by some miracle survived a full course of missions and went on to train new pilots. His wife also worked as a land girl, it's worth remembering it wasn't just the men who contributed.
My grandfather on my mother's side was in the Ox and Bucks Light Infantry, and landed at Salerno. He was later captured and spent the remainder of the war in a POW camp. Obviously this was never something he liked to talk about, when he got back to England he was severely malnourished. We still have his miniatures, but his medals were lost. It's a crying shame.
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