97 year old paratrooper

[muddy]

Great old bloke 

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[Michael Rolls]

WOW! And on the day he was 17

[Scrumpy]

So grateful to him.. So pleased that he was on our side..

[JBR]

Those were they days when people were proud to be British and were willing to fight for their country.

How many would do that today, I wonder?

[klondike]

Something I often wonder. I wonder how I'd have reacted too. 

[JBR]

Something I often wonder. I wonder how I'd have reacted too.

I think the reason that the majority of fit young men couldn't wait to sign up when the war started was due to several things: a sense of duty, comradeship, pride in one's country, etc, etc.

Sadly, I'm afraid that most of us don't have such feelings today.