Well hi everyone,i've been away on a much appreciated break,a lovely trip with the missus,no access to a computer,and had the mobile for emergencies only thankfully nothing like that happened.
Anyway i've been scanning through all the posts for the last few weeks,and one in particular got my goat.
Shane's reference to Ben's medal,i say Ben because i have met the bloke and a great bloke he is too. that's another story.
i may be reading your comments wrong Shane,but are you referring that Ben's medals are not even worthy giving to Darling.
Let me enlighten you on the significance of such medals in particular the VC.
You have to be the most courageous and dangerous bloke at the same time ,gutsy to attempt what he did ,and not fearful of your own life ,only to try to protect your mates.
The mateship is grown into you from boot camp and stays with you for life,my mates from the Army are still with me, now a few have passed away ,but the rest we see each other every week of the year,we look after each other and we trust each other very very much ,even after 52 years .
Now i don't know if you know someone who has served or you might have family members who have,i suggest you have a chat to them if you do, about life in a war zone.
The acts that Ben is accused of,pale into nothing from what i experienced whilst nearly getting my head shot off on numerous occasions.in Vietnam.i say that because when you are in the theatre of war .as is going on in Ukraine,I saw evidence of much worse atrocities from both sides while i was there.
I'm not saying he is innocent i dont know all the exact details,his would not be an isolated case, again from both sides.
War is a horrendous thing,do you know that more than 550 Vietnam Veterans have committed suicide since coming home ,and probably will grow larger?that's 200 more than those who died in Vietnam.PTSD is very very real among us.
I hope you retract your words ,i'm sure there would be some servicemen on this forum ,who might think the same as me but for various reasons say nothing.
Also there are many Vets who also have just disappeared,since coming home.
Anyway i'll leave it at that,i'm getting emotional,and it's resurfacing a lot of really bad stuff.you might delete this ,i hope not.
i'm not accusing you of anything ,i'm just trying to put it into a serviceman's prospective.
