The Finns and the Poles are inspirations for defiance in the face of overwheling odds. I only hope those guts haven’t been bred out of them like so many other Europeans.
My daughter’s hockey team mate (parents from finland working here) graduated last year and is serving his mandatory service year(s) in Finland now. She’s gotten only one text from him, just a week or so ago, a picture of his boots/camo pants and the statement “I hate mornings”.
She showed it to me and I about died laughing, as I recalled the exact same feeling from my Plebe summer.