Thank you to all the men and women who have served and continue to serve.
Lest we forget
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Thinking of all those who went to war and didn't come back.
And those who came back in what's left of their bodies, with mental health issues.
Story about a soldier who won the Voctoria Cross, in WW2.
He goes to Buckingham Palace, and is invested by King George V1. After, he says,
"Sir, I can't tell you what a tremendous honour it is for me to be here in Buckingham Palace, and to receive my medal from Your Majesty."
"No, Corporal," says the king. "It is I who am honoured -- to be here in the same room as you, and to shake your hand."
My paternal grandfather served in the RCAF in Yukon and Alaska during the Second World War. The air force bases were all dry, which didn't sit well with my grandad who liked his tipple.
To remedy this, my grandmother apparently used to regularly send him hollowed-out loaves of bread with bottles of rye stuffed inside.
Just found this out this morning during a phone call with my mother. I thought it was funny, so I wanted to share.
To remedy this, my grandmother apparently used to regularly send him hollowed-out loaves of bread with bottles of rye stuffed inside.
Just found this out this morning during a phone call with my mother. I thought it was funny, so I wanted to share.
I remember the story my uncle(dad and uncle both RCAF pilots) telling me about a plane that was supposed to drop bombs on Germany but instead dropped them in the ocean and flew back to England as heroes. Eventually the truth came out. They called it LOMF. Lack of moral fibre. That crew got in trouble and they decided to install cameras in the planes to see where the bombs were dropped.
The psychological scars are very real. My cousin in NJ is a Vietnam War Veteran, to this day he's never taken a subway. He has flashbacks and his heart races when he tries.