I Remember

[nachoman]

My grandfather was there and survived.

That's all I know about my one grandfather, he was in the pacific theater as a PFC Marine. Besides that I think he took all his memories to the grave when it came to talking about it with the rest of the family. Only thing he talked about was (jokingly) getting captured by cannibals and being put in a large cooking ladle, with him saying "wait til ya taste the gravy"

My grandfathers were the same way. Neither have talked in detail about their time during the war. About all I know is that both were stationed in the pacific (one army and one marine), and one has fond memories of the troop train that took him to California. My family's philosophy is that if they don't talk about it, that means they would rather let it be the past.