I am not, nor have I ever been, a veteran. However, my life has been blessed by being surrounded by incredible men who were, beginning with my grandfather who was a “Tommy,” as British infantrymen were called during combat in World War I.
Then there were his four sons, three who served in World War II — two in the Royal Navy and one in the British Royal Army. All saw combat but each one returned alive and well. The fourth son, my Uncle George, also served in the Royal Army and was on duty during the Suez crisis in Egypt in the mid-1950s.
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