Giles
Great story. As a member of Salisbury RNA - Royal Navy Association, I am in weekly contact with 2 friends who both served during WW2. My friend George served from 1936 to 1969, over 50 years getting a Pusser pension! He served on the Russian convoys, the first Malta convoy as well as the Atlantic chasing down U-Boats! He did not celebrate VE day as he was on a ship heading to the far East. Luckily our American friends dropped two buckets of sunshine which made the Japanese Empire call it a day, thank God. My other friend Portland Bill did a number of Russian convoys. He also served on D Day on a ship from day one. He met a young French lady around this period and ended up marrying her.
You can clearly see why these men and women have been called the greatest generation!
