05-02-2012, 01:08 PM
I recently spoke with an aunt who told me how much my father changed when he came home. She said he was still the loving person he was, but haunted and burdened. I can see how that can happen.
When I think of things which happened to me during my lifetime, things that bring back bad memories, which are sometimes hard to bury, I think of what they came home with, and I wonder how many functioned as well as they did. Of course some did not and fell apart and became raging alcoholics, etc.
Just finished a book by my friend Carol Schultz Vento, The Hidden Legacy of World War II: A Daughter's Journey of Discovery, which deals with this very thing. A great read for any family member of a WWII veteran.
Marion J Chard
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"