Daily Archives: Tuesday, November 11, 2008

My father fought in World War Two but I don’t know much about it because he never wanted to talk about it. I think he fought in Italy among other places. I know he was a paratrooper, at least for a while. I also know he had a lot of Nazi military souvenirs such as medals, insignia, and even a German Luger pistol. I can only assume he had been given these things from his friends and perhaps even taken them from the bodies of dead German soldiers. These items were sold long after I left home and now there are none left. I didn’t even know they had been sold until I expressed a renewed curiosity about them. Like I said, I don’t know because he refused to speak about the times or to answer my questions. Every now and then he would reminisce about silly things like soldiers … Continue reading →