Interview A War Hero

2_of_Eight2_of_Eight Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20016Members
<div class="IPBDescription">What would you ask?</div> If you had a chance to ask a WW2 hero some questions... interview him or something, what'd you ask? <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->

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  • LikuLiku I, am the Somberlain. Join Date: 2003-01-10 Member: 12128Members
    How long did you serve?

    What was your position?

    What was the hardest time/mission on you?
  • Nemesis_ZeroNemesis_Zero Old European Join Date: 2002-01-25 Member: 75Members, Retired Developer, NS1 Playtester, Constellation
    If you looked back and looked at <i>your</i> own experiences and were to sum the war up in one word - independently from all the movies, the documentaries, the speeches, the news coverages, or games - what would it be?
  • Umbraed_MonkeyUmbraed_Monkey Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9922Members
    How can I thank you?
  • MrMojoMrMojo Join Date: 2002-11-25 Member: 9882Members, Constellation
    Bet you wished you went to college, eh?


    ( yeah....it's of questionable taste)
  • NuketheplaceNuketheplace Join Date: 2002-09-02 Member: 1266Members
    Where were you/ what did you do?

    And about the college remark I know someone who went to Harvard and served in WW2.
  • rm2kacerrm2kacer Join Date: 2003-09-13 Member: 20841Banned
    How many did you kill? What kind of gun? You still got it?
  • 2_of_Eight2_of_Eight Join Date: 2003-08-20 Member: 20016Members
    edited October 2003
    Thank you, all! <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo--> interesting responses.
    PS I especially like the "say the experience in one word" one <!--emo&:)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/smile.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='smile.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • cshank4cshank4 Join Date: 2003-02-11 Member: 13425Members
    Actually before my great grandpa died I did get a chance to ask him some questions, I remember asking if he lost any friends, if he fought and at the end I said thank you...god...this is making me tear up...
  • TychoCelchuuuTychoCelchuuu Anememone Join Date: 2002-03-23 Member: 345Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--rm2kacer+Oct 18 2003, 11:24 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (rm2kacer @ Oct 18 2003, 11:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> How many did you kill? What kind of gun? You still got it? <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'm not really a military historian, but I don't think they let them keep the guns.
  • rm2kacerrm2kacer Join Date: 2003-09-13 Member: 20841Banned
    <!--QuoteBegin--TychoCelchuuu+Oct 18 2003, 09:58 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TychoCelchuuu @ Oct 18 2003, 09:58 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin--rm2kacer+Oct 18 2003, 11:24 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (rm2kacer @ Oct 18 2003, 11:24 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> How many did you kill? What kind of gun? You still got it? <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    I'm not really a military historian, but I don't think they let them keep the guns. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    yah i was think that, but some people do keep them
  • Marine0IMarine0I Join Date: 2002-11-14 Member: 8639Members, Constellation
    Its pretty much a fact that most war veterans will only tell 2-3 people of their war experiences, especially if they experienced front line "on-the-ground" combat. Pilots are generally a little more loose lipped, but only because its easier to distance yourself from the killing when you cant actually see the man bleed.
  • homerxhomerx Join Date: 2003-04-01 Member: 15094Members
    I'll probably ask him what was his K/D ratio. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo-->
  • ObstObst Join Date: 2003-03-12 Member: 14436Members, Constellation
    I'd ask if he ENJOYED killing, if he just thought "It's my job so I do it!" or if he was unhappy and sorry for having to kill.
  • ZelZel Join Date: 2003-01-27 Member: 12861Members
    wait wait, WW2 didnt have oilfields did it?
  • enf0rcerenf0rcer intrigued... Join Date: 2003-03-16 Member: 14584Members
    Amidst the mass of gunfire and death there is only motivation and purpose behind a soldier. What exactly was it that you held onto while fighting in a living hell? Was it all for death and glory, for your country, for your friends and family?
  • NecrosisNecrosis The Loquacious Sage Join Date: 2003-08-03 Member: 18828Members, Constellation
    War HERO eh?

    "Whats it like to go through a war, watch some fear crazed 18 yr old die on your bayonet, see your friends shredded, watch them bleed to death in some forgotten hellhole, then come home to get a small shiny badge and a handshake, before conveniently being relegated to history as you watch the new generation victimise you and the people you fought to save? Whats it like to see a generation who don't give a flying fraggle what you did in something which is a videogame to them? Whats it like to be called a patriot when all you can remember is sitting in a muddy ditch praying the next one didn't hit you, hoping that you got them first? How does it feel to be wheeled out each year, as a representative of the moral values of a nation that doesn't even take care of its veterans anymore?"




    Yeah, I'd expect a lot of bitterness.
  • LukinLukin Join Date: 2003-08-23 Member: 20098Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> </td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->Bet you wished you went to college, eh?


    ( yeah....it's of questionable taste) <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->

    Just a little <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink.gif'><!--endemo-->

    The questions I would ask, no one here on this board would probably understand.
  • QuaunautQuaunaut The longest seven days in history... Join Date: 2003-03-21 Member: 14759Members, Constellation, Reinforced - Shadow
    Oddly enough, I was thinking this exact question, because I just finished the ORIGINAL book called "Band of Brothers"(came out 10 years before HBO miniseries). So, here-goes.

    What was your rank, company, and regiment, and during what years?

    Were you close to your company-mates? If so, were there any that truly crushed you when they were gone, via death, injury, or mental incapicitation?

    and lastly...

    May I be allowed to interview you again, for a book on your life?
  • CrystalSnakeCrystalSnake Join Date: 2002-01-27 Member: 110Members
    I'd ask:
    "While you were fighting the racist Nazis in Europe, there was a lot of racism at home and in the armed forces, e.g. the segregation of black and white soldiers. Did you ever think about that, and if so, how did it make you feel?"
  • BogglesteinskyBogglesteinsky Join Date: 2002-12-24 Member: 11488Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--homerx+Oct 19 2003, 04:19 AM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (homerx @ Oct 19 2003, 04:19 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'll probably ask him what was his K/D ratio. <!--emo&:D--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='biggrin.gif'><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    evidently its not going to be less than 1 is it?

    i would want to know how they feel about seeing the counrty they fought to save bieng controlled by the enemy
  • DreadDread Join Date: 2002-07-24 Member: 993Members
    edited October 2003
    <!--QuoteBegin--CrystalSnake+Oct 19 2003, 12:42 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CrystalSnake @ Oct 19 2003, 12:42 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I'd ask:
    "While you were fighting the racist Nazis in Europe, there was a lot of racism at home and in the armed forces, e.g. the segregation of black and white soldiers. Did you ever think about that, and if so, how did it make you feel?" <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Not all WW2 heroes fought against nazis, a common misconception. My grandpa's fought against ruskies I believe...and other might have fought against germans too.

    Then again, would you label all soldiers that have been in WW2 heroes?

    Edit: And my question: How did it feel?
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--MrMojo+Oct 18 2003, 09:02 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MrMojo @ Oct 18 2003, 09:02 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Bet you wished you went to college, eh?


    ( yeah....it's of questionable taste) <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
    Unfortunately that's not an offensive question. A lot of draft dodging happened, and I suppose if I were alive world war two-ish I would've served, because the U.S was still a decent place to live then.
  • CrystalSnakeCrystalSnake Join Date: 2002-01-27 Member: 110Members
    <!--QuoteBegin--CommunistWithAGun+Oct 19 2003, 01:27 PM--></span><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Oct 19 2003, 01:27 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin-->A lot of draft dodging happened, and I suppose if I were alive world war two-ish I would've served, because the U.S was still a decent place to live then.<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><span class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
    For white people.
  • CommunistWithAGunCommunistWithAGun Local Propaganda Guy Join Date: 2003-04-30 Member: 15953Members
    well i just lost all interest in this thread now that the issues of racism has been inflamed, joy.
  • Cereal_KillRCereal_KillR Join Date: 2002-10-31 Member: 1837Members
    What would you say to all those anti-french people?
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