Interview A War Hero
2_of_Eight
Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20016Members
Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20016Members
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<div class="IPBDescription">What would you ask?</div> If you had a chance to ask a WW2 hero some questions... interview him or something, what'd you ask? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
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What was your position?
What was the hardest time/mission on you?
( yeah....it's of questionable taste)
And about the college remark I know someone who went to Harvard and served in WW2.
PS I especially like the "say the experience in one word" one <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
I'm not really a military historian, but I don't think they let them keep the guns.
I'm not really a military historian, but I don't think they let them keep the guns. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
yah i was think that, but some people do keep them
"Whats it like to go through a war, watch some fear crazed 18 yr old die on your bayonet, see your friends shredded, watch them bleed to death in some forgotten hellhole, then come home to get a small shiny badge and a handshake, before conveniently being relegated to history as you watch the new generation victimise you and the people you fought to save? Whats it like to see a generation who don't give a flying fraggle what you did in something which is a videogame to them? Whats it like to be called a patriot when all you can remember is sitting in a muddy ditch praying the next one didn't hit you, hoping that you got them first? How does it feel to be wheeled out each year, as a representative of the moral values of a nation that doesn't even take care of its veterans anymore?"
Yeah, I'd expect a lot of bitterness.
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The questions I would ask, no one here on this board would probably understand.
What was your rank, company, and regiment, and during what years?
Were you close to your company-mates? If so, were there any that truly crushed you when they were gone, via death, injury, or mental incapicitation?
and lastly...
May I be allowed to interview you again, for a book on your life?
"While you were fighting the racist Nazis in Europe, there was a lot of racism at home and in the armed forces, e.g. the segregation of black and white soldiers. Did you ever think about that, and if so, how did it make you feel?"
evidently its not going to be less than 1 is it?
i would want to know how they feel about seeing the counrty they fought to save bieng controlled by the enemy
"While you were fighting the racist Nazis in Europe, there was a lot of racism at home and in the armed forces, e.g. the segregation of black and white soldiers. Did you ever think about that, and if so, how did it make you feel?" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Not all WW2 heroes fought against nazis, a common misconception. My grandpa's fought against ruskies I believe...and other might have fought against germans too.
Then again, would you label all soldiers that have been in WW2 heroes?
Edit: And my question: How did it feel?
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Unfortunately that's not an offensive question. A lot of draft dodging happened, and I suppose if I were alive world war two-ish I would've served, because the U.S was still a decent place to live then.
For white people.