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my mothers father served in the pacific during WW2, but he hasnt said much to this day. When I was young and I didnt know any better, I asked him what he did...and he was on a destroyer that hit a Jap mine in the islands somewhere. 3 of his best friends were in the front room at the time when it exploded, which blew the front of the ship clean off (still remained afloat and was towed back to dock for repairs). Never found anything of his 3 friends...not one bit of clothing or anything.

Never said anything after that...and I wont ask him. It brought him to tears saying that.


My dads father went to Europe, right around the end of the war, and he was in one of the platoons that went around liberating the concentration and POW camps. I have seen one picture of him, shaking hands with a frail, very skinny Jewish detainee....who had a very big smile on his face. He showed me that one picture and thats it....and as they say, a picture is worth a 1000 words. He wont say anything either.