Born in 1963 in Eastern Ontario. My maternal grandfather & maternal great uncle were Great War veterans (WW I for those unfamiliar with the term "Great War"). My maternal grandad passed on few years before I came along. My great uncle Bruce (mom's side) survived the war only to die in about 1928-29 from complications from being gassed.
On Dad's side I remember my great Uncle John. He was captured on Crete & spent the rest of WW II in a POW camp. He caught dysentery there from the poor diet and living conditions & if I remember correctly, he never really recovered his health.
I was always interested in WW II. I guess that I inherited that from my dad. He had stacks & stacks of books and since I wasn't really good at sports I started reading them.
I used to collect Third Reich & Soviet era medals & badges. I managed to amass a fair sized collection (which I still have) before I stopped; realized that I pretty well had everything that I could afford.
Started playing SH III last year. Dad would have loved GWX. He liked flight sims but I'm sure that GWX would've gotten him hooked on SH III (much like I am
). I think about him sometimes when I'm playing & say to myself "If only Dad could see this"...