I have been fortunate enough to talk to at least 30 veterans. I'll start with some of my relatives.

My granddad served in the RAF, but he wouldn't talk about it as he hates thinking about the war, but I heard him mention Dunkirk, Battle of Britain, and even something about serving in Africa in places like Kasserine and Bizerte.

My grandmother was a little more open. She served as a nurse with the British army during the Battle of Britain. She was in London during the Blitzes. She told me a story about a patient she had. He was severely burned and missing his legs, but he kept asking for his flight bag, saying he might be able to catch up with the Germans and fight them. My grandmother kept telling him "Don't worry about the Germans anymore, you're going home to your family." He kept saying how he wants to fight and then go back to his family. Finally, my grandmother went up to the head nurse and asked her to talk to him and explain how his family misses him and he's going home. The head nurse replied with "His family was just killed in the bombings. He has no one left. He hasn't heard yet."


I'll tell more as I remember them.

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