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My grandfather spent his time in WW2 as a gunner, but never knew how it was until i saw this video, and I'm truly stunned. Emotional even.
Didn't realise how genuinely lucky he was to survive it all, and to go through all that on a regular basis. killing, shooting, bombing, being shot at... just horrific.
As a kid he scared the shit out of me and disliked him intensely for that very reason for a long time. I didn't understand him or appreciate why he was like he was.
Maybe now, as an adult I finally do understand why he was so hard, short tempered but so emotional all mixed into one unpredictable character. Maybe that's why he drove so fast, because he was so used to incredible danger it seemed like nothing for him. We had to tell him to slow down every time. Amazing person really, but never spoke of anything WW2 which is so revealing of his character and was a shame he wasn't more open about it for if he was, perhaps we would have known each other better. RIP grandad, miss you dude.
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