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S Viemeister[_2_]

On 7/25/2014 8:48 PM, wrote:
> On Friday, July 25, 2014 4:46:05 PM UTC-7, wrote:
>
>>
>> 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.
>
My parents did talk about the war, but they were both in the military.
My mother was in signals, my father was a combat cameraman.