Me:

> > In that case, I got a retired army major to come and talk to them, and
he
> > went through the basics of WWII in a very kind and non-judgmental way,

Eric:

> Remarkable. Was he a WWII veteran himself?

Yes, he was.

> What was the students' reaction?

They loved it, and they loved the kind avuncular manner in which he
explained it, too. Last time I was back in that part of the world they told
me he'd died, which saddened me; he was full of anecdotes and a kind of
old-world charm.

--
John
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