James Holland

And he said it was like a soap opera. He said, we all just waited for his letters to come in so we could find out, you know, whether his, you know, his daughter had, you know, got to school okay or something, you know, won the swimming contest or whatever it was. You know, the sort of details of this sort of day-to-day kind of banal life was just absolute catnip to these guys.

And he said it was like a soap opera. He said, we all just waited for his letters to come in so we could find out, you know, whether his, you know, his daughter had, you know, got to school okay or something, you know, won the swimming contest or whatever it was. You know, the sort of details of this sort of day-to-day kind of banal life was just absolute catnip to these guys.

And he said it was like a soap opera. He said, we all just waited for his letters to come in so we could find out, you know, whether his, you know, his daughter had, you know, got to school okay or something, you know, won the swimming contest or whatever it was. You know, the sort of details of this sort of day-to-day kind of banal life was just absolute catnip to these guys.

He said, we all just waited for his letters to come in so we could find out, you know, whether his daughter had, you know, got to school okay or something, you know, won the swimming contest or whatever it was.

You know, the sort of details of this sort of day-to-day kind of banal life was just absolute catnip to these guys.

They absolutely loved it. And then the letter arrived, the Dear John letter, saying, sorry, I found someone else and it's over. And his friend was just absolutely devastated. It was the only thing that was keeping him going, this sort of sense of continuity of home, this foundation of his life back at home. And Sam said he could see he was in a really, really bad way.

They absolutely loved it. And then the letter arrived, the Dear John letter, saying, sorry, I found someone else and it's over. And his friend was just absolutely devastated. It was the only thing that was keeping him going, this sort of sense of continuity of home, this foundation of his life back at home. And Sam said he could see he was in a really, really bad way.

They absolutely loved it. And then the letter arrived, the Dear John letter, saying, sorry, I found someone else and it's over. And his friend was just absolutely devastated. It was the only thing that was keeping him going, this sort of sense of continuity of home, this foundation of his life back at home. And Sam said he could see he was in a really, really bad way.

They absolutely loved it.

And then the letter arrived, the Dear John letter, saying, sorry, I found someone else and it's over.

And his friend was just absolutely devastated.

It was the only thing that was keeping him going, this sort of sense of continuity of home, this foundation of his life back at home.

And Sam said he could see he was in a really, really bad way.

And he thought he's going to do something stupid. And he went up to him and he said, look, you know, I know it's bad and I know it's terrible. I know you're absolutely devastated, but you've got your mates here. Just don't do anything silly. Just, you know, maybe...

And he thought he's going to do something stupid. And he went up to him and he said, look, you know, I know it's bad and I know it's terrible. I know you're absolutely devastated, but you've got your mates here. Just don't do anything silly. Just, you know, maybe...

And he thought he's going to do something stupid. And he went up to him and he said, look, you know, I know it's bad and I know it's terrible. I know you're absolutely devastated, but you've got your mates here. Just don't do anything silly. Just, you know, maybe...

And he thought, uh-uh, he's going to do something stupid.

And he went up to him and he said, look, I know it's bad and I know it's terrible and I know you're absolutely devastated, but you've got your mates here.

Just don't do anything silly.

Just, you know, maybe...