I can see why he wouldn’t talk about it.
My dad was in the Korean war. When I was very young and stupid, I asked him if he ever shot anyone.
He kinda looked off in the distance away from me and never said a word...
It wasn’t until years later, after he passed, I found out he had been a medic...
Wish I had an hour to sit and talk with that man.
800 to 1600 Pounds? I think they are priceless and they belong in a museum that is interested in preserving history, not being politically correct.
I had a friend, now deceased, who survived the Bataan Death March. To his dying day, he refused to accept a ride in a Japanese car. He preferred to walk.