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[H2O Man]

9. Good question.

I think that Grandpa was always troubled by his experiences in WW2. While he was fully convinced that he had done what was necessary, the brutality of it took a bigger toll than the physical injuries he sustained. I think he identified his service as his exposure to "sin" and "evil," although by the time he returned stateside, he was an atheist.

Although he didn't talk about those experiences, literally until he was on his death-bed, he did do a lot of drinking, and had a temper, after the war. It changed him.