James Holland

You know, would I have been in the army?

Would I have been in the Air Force?

Would I have been on a Royal Navy destroyer?

Would I have been on a Royal Navy destroyer? How would I have coped with it? And how would I have dealt with that separation? I mean, I've interviewed people who were away for four years. I remember talking to a tank man from Liverpool in England called Sam Bradshaw. And he went away for four years. And when he came home, he'd been twice wounded. He'd been very badly wounded in North Africa.

Would I have been on a Royal Navy destroyer? How would I have coped with it? And how would I have dealt with that separation? I mean, I've interviewed people who were away for four years. I remember talking to a tank man from Liverpool in England called Sam Bradshaw. And he went away for four years. And when he came home, he'd been twice wounded. He'd been very badly wounded in North Africa.

Would I have been on a Royal Navy destroyer? How would I have coped with it? And how would I have dealt with that separation? I mean, I've interviewed people who were away for four years. I remember talking to a tank man from Liverpool in England called Sam Bradshaw. And he went away for four years. And when he came home, he'd been twice wounded. He'd been very badly wounded in North Africa.

How would I have coped with it?

And how would I have dealt with that separation?

I mean, I've interviewed people who were away for four years.

I remember talking to a tank man from Liverpool in England called Sam Bradshaw.

And he went away for four years.

And when he came home, he'd been twice wounded.

He'd been very badly wounded in North Africa.

And then he was shot in the neck in Italy, eventually got home. When he came home, his mother had turned gray. His little baby sister, who had been 13 when he left, was now a young woman. His old school had been destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs. He didn't recognize the place. And do you know what he did? He joined up again. went back out of Europe and was one of the first people in Belsen.

And then he was shot in the neck in Italy, eventually got home. When he came home, his mother had turned gray. His little baby sister, who had been 13 when he left, was now a young woman. His old school had been destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs. He didn't recognize the place. And do you know what he did? He joined up again. went back out of Europe and was one of the first people in Belsen.

And then he was shot in the neck in Italy, eventually got home. When he came home, his mother had turned gray. His little baby sister, who had been 13 when he left, was now a young woman. His old school had been destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs. He didn't recognize the place. And do you know what he did? He joined up again. went back out of Europe and was one of the first people in Belsen.

And then he was shot in the neck in Italy, eventually got home.

When he came home, his mother had turned gray.

His little baby sister, who had been 13 when he left, was now a young woman.

His old school had been destroyed by Luftwaffe bombs.