I found some photos of my dad from the war

He was reading geography at Cambridge and then had to join up (he returned postwar) so most of his anecdotes were about the places he visited and the people - he was in India and later Palestine. And there was a standard joke that he didn’t like the parable of the Good Samaritan because one had shot at him. Only when he was dying did I witness flashbacks to fighting - he shouted at Mr C that he needed to make for cover, and was asking for help getting his boots off. The nurse said that she saw this with many patients of his age - had put everything out of mind for all those years but the imprint was so much that they reappeared at the last. As AC says, not sure we’d have it in us; I hope we never have to find out.

Posted By: camcan on June 2nd 2019 at 10:50:55

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A lot of Henderson chat last night. (General Chat) - Arizona Bay, Jun 2, 08:49:31
- That’s nice 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - loz, Jun 2, 11:15:05
- Oh I just saw the follow up detail (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 2, 09:52:32
  - I'd seen that and felt so moved by it. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jun 2, 10:10:18
    - I found some photos of my dad from the war (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 2, 10:50:55
      - I really wish I'd listened to my dad more when he wanted to talk about it (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jun 2, 11:30:06
        
        Absolutely. I always make the time to talk to elderly folk if I have the chance. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jun 2, 11:51:42
        
        💚💚💚 (n/m) (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 2, 11:50:53
      - My grandfather was in Palestine just after the war. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jun 2, 11:11:49
        
        Same timings as my dad (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 2, 11:20:15
        
        When he wrote his memoirs of his time in the army. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jun 2, 11:46:40
    - I’ve just seen that tweet and was very moved by it. (General Chat) - avenging canary, Jun 2, 10:37:16
      - I think you'd be surprised (General Chat) - CWC, Jun 2, 11:23:40
      - I think we'd really struggle. (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jun 2, 11:23:14
        
        you make the assumption that we would fight (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 2, 11:35:46
- Any dad who’s stood on the touch line,washed kit,driven to some god forsaken back end of (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Jun 2, 09:52:13
  - Sending love to all you Wrath dads. You've got a special job to do x (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jun 2, 10:01:48
- That’s cool. (General Chat) - I Am Hoot, Jun 2, 09:25:11
- Good to see. (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Man, Jun 2, 09:22:11
- Ah that's lovely (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jun 2, 09:15:29
  - I miss mine too (General Chat) - camcan, Jun 2, 09:24:43
    - x (n/m) (General Chat) - Bravo win or die, Jun 2, 09:32:58
- nice (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, Jun 2, 09:13:19

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