Springtime for Zeon (Woggy Mk II) on Nostr: Something that people don’t get is how utterly, vitally important his time in WWI ...
Something that people don’t get is how utterly, vitally important his time in WWI was. War is a forge, an experience that throws a young kid outside his depth, equipped with nothing, bereft of every external support he’s ever had, a brutal, peaceless experience that hammers him down into malleable essence to be remade into something greater.
He was a member of that brotherhood. He saw boys breathe their last while talking about home. He knows the harsh, deep yearning felt sitting in a wet, frigid hole daydreaming about christmas. He understands suffering to a far greater depth than a civilian, he understands what it was like for those boys to pass on hoping someone would look out for their girls back home.
He was a member of that brotherhood. He saw boys breathe their last while talking about home. He knows the harsh, deep yearning felt sitting in a wet, frigid hole daydreaming about christmas. He understands suffering to a far greater depth than a civilian, he understands what it was like for those boys to pass on hoping someone would look out for their girls back home.
quoting note14ap…wew5Adolf Hitler consoles the grieving widow of a fallen soldier (year unknown).
Uncle often made a priority of showing up to funeral services for veterans that had been killed in action.
