There have been several threads over time that deplore the loss of the information that can come from other’s life experiences. Many posters have stated the reluctance (or outright refusal) of our Veterans to share their combat/war experiences. If you are one of these veterans, please consider taking the time to sit down and record your experiences either on paper or electronically. If those experiences are something that is painful to talk to others about, recording them so that future generations will come to know the pain, suffering and hardship you and your generation endured so that later generations may remain free! Those memoirs can be left behind so that your children, grandchildren etc. etc. will understand the sacrifices made so they can remain free. There may also be some good times to recall as well.
I was born in 1939 and I have never been in the military, with the exception of a brief time in Army cadets when I was in high school, so I have no concept of what my Dad (1st WW) or my Uncle (2nd WW) went through. Neither of them talked about the war. My thought when writing the above was that even if memories are hard/impossible to talk openly about, perhaps veterans would at least be able to record those things to be opened after they pass on. I know I would be so very interested in what happened to my Dad and Uncle during those terrible times.