Recently, I caught up with a fellow who was a radio operator on a bomber during WWII. I asked him why he didn’t talk about his war experience with his wife when he returned home.
He said, “Thirty-six of us went over in my group. Only three of us came back. How can you talk about that?”
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Cindy Hval is the author of "War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation." and a columnist and correspondent for the Spokesman Review newspaper in Spokane, Washington. Her "Front Porch" column offers humorous, often poignant commentary about life, love and raising sons-- not necessarily in that order.
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