My father was in the Army Infantry during WWII. I can just almost hear him now about women going into combat (he couldn’t have pictured that & he would not have liked it either).
In fact, he once stated that homosexuals who were mustered in when he was did not last through basic. Sorry to burst anyone’s bubble. Those men were going in to charge Hell with a bucket of water. Anything that got between them & Adolph Hitler was going to get mowed down.
I think he felt cheated that he didn’t get to personally put a bullet between der Fuehrer’s eyes. His outfit did march into Berlin just half an hour after Hitler had committed suicide. - He never underestimated his enemy; did not overestimate them either!
Good for your Dad.
Reminds me of what Gen. Patton said in one of his speeches, “I am personally going to shoot that paper hanging son-of-a-bitch Hitler. Just like I’d shoot a snake!”
Not disparaging your father at all, but the Soviets controlled Berlin when Hitler committed suicide.