Hospital food is too.
By the time Dad had hit Corrigidor he had 6 yrs in and was discharged. He and a PFC climbed a telegraph pole and put our Flag back up under sniper fire. Both got Bronze Stars. the first Flag up went to Mac. Then another was put up. 2 weeks later they had a ‘official’ ceremony where the Flag was put on a standard flag pole. There are books with photos of the first Flag raising. Some controversy where it is today.
My BIL served under Merrill from the start clear to Myitkyina air base battle. He came home with a real bad case of PSTD and was a down right a mean drunk.
God bless your Dad and the others.
Sorry about your BIL. Those men went through hell during the war and some after the war.
My Dad had a good friend who was in the Bataan Death March. The Japs cut off three of his fingers when he was in a work camp. He became a Post Master in a small town and was outwardly quiet and calm as a church mouse for the rest of his life.