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And often, the worst wounds show up after the war is over.

I'm so sorry.

@Thinkerbell He was SO handsome...😢

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@4meAndyou Thats too bad. I don't understand what happens to some guys. My dad was a normal guy after
fighting in Italy. His best friend went through the exact same things with my dad from Boot camp to the end of
the war. He was never the same. My dad went to see him in Chicago after the war, and he could not even
converse with him, so they lost track of each after that. My dad did have nightmares off and on till his last
days, but when he was awake, he was a normal guy. My mom could not sleep in the same bed with him anymore,
because when he had his nightmares, he was trying to kill someone. When he was in assisted care, a large orderly
tried to wake him during a dream, dad pulled him down and was on top of him in a flash. The guy said it was
terrifying. If dad had a weapon it would not have gone well for this orderly that out weighed him by 100lbs.

@DogMan In your Dad, his incredible inner and outer strength are what enabled him to survive. In his dreams, he is still fighting. Your Dad's friend was mentally deranged by what had happened. His mind was killed.

My Uncle, in some ways, was like your Dad. He was incredibly strong for as long as he could be, but he was also in pain day and night, with no help for it. He started to drink because that helped a little with the pain, and gradually with the lack of sleep and the drinking, he couldn't keep his life together anymore, and succumbed to terminal depression.

@4meAndyou That is very sad. Not sure how dad delt with it all. I read about his unit and there were times that they were forced
to use bayonets and knives. I think it may have been even more brutal for your uncle fighting the Japanese. The regular Krauts
had some better ethics. During Christmas on the Gothic line (or Gustav line) I forget, both sides sang Christmas carols to
each other. Dad had many good stories to tell, I had to pry the bad ones out of him. But most I read about. There are many
books about his division. The were called the "Blue Devils" by the Germans because of the blue clover leaf patch they
wore.

@DogMan My Uncle was deeply wounded in the upper arm at the battle of Iwo Jima. Most of the muscle tissue was just gone. I don't think he spent very long fighting the Japanese.

@4meAndyou Yeah my dad didn't get hurt that bad. He got hit by shrapnel once in the head and side. but he was back at the
front 2 weeks later. The worst thing was his trench foot. He was pulled off the front lines in northern Italy after a year
of fighting, because of his feet. He drove supplies to the front lines after that.

@DogMan I'm glad to hear he didn't have to suffer that degree of physical pain. Nightmares are no joke, though.