Re:World War II in the Pacific, narrated by my grandpa
by GuiA on Thursday May 29, 2014 @03:12AM
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How wonderful. Thanks for sharing this.
My grandpa was in the French resistance. He left the family farm at 17 to join the maquis (French wilderness) where he lived for 2 years, trying to hamper the German forces (eg. blowing up trains). He then participated to the liberation of Royan, and received the croix de guerre. It blows my mind to think about what he must have felt like- when I was 17, I was reading computer magazines in my bedroom.
My cousin and I wanted to record him talking about his life, and then he died unexpectedly.
There's always a "next time" until there isn't.
My grandpa was in the French resistance. He left the family farm at 17 to join the maquis (French wilderness) where he lived for 2 years, trying to hamper the German forces (eg. blowing up trains). He then participated to the liberation of Royan, and received the croix de guerre. It blows my mind to think about what he must have felt like- when I was 17, I was reading computer magazines in my bedroom.
My cousin and I wanted to record him talking about his life, and then he died unexpectedly. There's always a "next time" until there isn't.