On Friday, July 25, 2014 4:46:05 PM UTC-7, wrote:

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> I am happy you know the tale, my father never spoke about anything to
> do with WWII, I learned about it all later - his concentration was
> much more on Vimeira, and it's loss. He mourned the fact that many
> young lives were lost whilst he made it.

I don't think ANYBODY's dad spoke about anything to do with WW II. My
uncle had what we now know as PTSD. My dad just talked about how
nice the locals were; how grateful, and how he liked their food. It
took my wife's uncle 60 years to talk about Iwo Jima, where he had
been in the weapons company of the 28th Regiment. The 28th's Easy
Company supplied the men that raised the flag above Mt. Suribachi.