I am a financial advisor since 92 with many elderly clients. The stories about wartime I’ve heard... Fascinating... sometimes I just sit and listen for hours. I have one such client still alive.
One guy survived 3 plane crashes, 2 at the same airport.
Another had an artillery truck spotter group in front of them hit a mine, everyone died. He later called in the last strike on German armor in Italy, destroyed the entire 1000 yr old town...he wept as he told the story.
Another saw a dog walking with a human leg in its mouth after a pasta factory in italy was blown up by US bombers...
Another was involved in the raid to get Rommel from Hospital in France
Another was a 30 yr air force, b17 navigator who never parachuted in his life...
Soon, all gone, but the stories...
He was a friend of DH's aunt and uncle in between the wars. They had dinner with Gen and Mrs R one night in the thirties. Rommel ended up in North Africa and DH's uncle ended up in the OSS a few years later.
>>but the stories
Everyone needs to interview everyone of their family of the previous generation. And then spread the video to minimize the chance that it will be lost to the future. I did interviews professionally, so anyone can freepmail me to discuss how to do it with minimal lighting and equipment.
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