Unfortunately still veterans from Vietnam, Iraq, Timor, Solomons, and Afghanistan so I'm sure we'll have them for some time. Just a different conflict and location.
The nonsense around patriotism. The shooting of kiwi and aussie shell-shocked so called deserters by the English is what gets me. Bear in mind in 1914 most of the kiwi soldiers still called Britain Home. .My g/mother lost her two big brothers and a son in the second lot.
Unfortunately still veterans from Vietnam, Iraq, Timor, Solomons, and Afghanistan so I'm sure we'll have them for some time. Just a different conflict and location.
The nonsense around patriotism. The shooting of kiwi and aussie shell-shocked so called deserters by the English is what gets me. Bear in mind in 1914 most of the kiwi soldiers still called Britain Home. .My g/mother lost her two big brothers and a son in the second lot.
Beautiful - I wish I'd had the benefit of reading this last year. Thanks for re-sharing it!