I had a number of great uncles who served with the allies during WW2. One in particular had been in the Battle of the Bulge near Bastogne. He was machine gunned in the stomach by the Germans and had a severe head injury. He laid there for a couple days and packed mud into his wounds to stop the bleeding. The allies retook that area and he was discovered alive. He was rushed off to a hospital and survived in spite of the severe infections that resulted from his packing mud into his wounds.
He never fought again and I remember him when I was a child with a steel plate in his head. He never spoke of his war experiences. I also had a great Grandfather who was an electrician who wired up Destroyers, Escorts and LST's and was proud of his work.
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