that's too bad you never had the chance to talk to you father about his experiences. my grandfathers were both with Italy in WWII. One was captured in battle, one didn't see combat (war just ended when he was in training, he was a bit younger). I never met my grandfather that was captured, he died long before I was around. my family doesn't really know much about his role as well. I tried searching historical records but found nothing - he did not speak of the war to his family so that history is lost forever

the stories some of the vets have are incredible. I'm a big fan of war movies, of course they are entertaining, but they are also reminders of some of the terrible events that shaped our world today

The passage of time is resulting in many forgetting about WWI and just how tough that war was as well. the more we understand about the history (and of course current events) that shaped our freedoms, the more we can appreciate it and learn from it. once we start forgetting, we are doomed to repeat the past