One of my grandpas was drafted into the Korean invasion - and the only photo I ever saw of it was him with some children he’d given his rations to. Very much a pacifist- the only time I saw him mad was when he saw that my brother and I were playing call of duty, and he talked to us about why glorifying war is so terrible. Which is a funny contrast to my wwii grandpa - the only thing he liked more than glorifying war was hitting us with a belt!
Ps - Actually this is also partially unfair. Since being diagnosed as neurodivergent I’ve reflected a lot, and am pretty sure both grandpas were as well, but one received empathy growing up in a white collar household, while the other did not and was from middle of nowhere in a household of miners/farmers/lumberjacks/blacksmith/whateverpaysthebills. Still no way an excuse, but I know they didn’t just fall from coconut trees. But yeah one side likes to emphasize that the men have been in every war since the English colonized the US
One of my grandpas was drafted into the Korean invasion - and the only photo I ever saw of it was him with some children he’d given his rations to. Very much a pacifist- the only time I saw him mad was when he saw that my brother and I were playing call of duty, and he talked to us about why glorifying war is so terrible. Which is a funny contrast to my wwii grandpa - the only thing he liked more than glorifying war was hitting us with a belt!
Ps - Actually this is also partially unfair. Since being diagnosed as neurodivergent I’ve reflected a lot, and am pretty sure both grandpas were as well, but one received empathy growing up in a white collar household, while the other did not and was from middle of nowhere in a household of miners/farmers/lumberjacks/blacksmith/whateverpaysthebills. Still no way an excuse, but I know they didn’t just fall from coconut trees. But yeah one side likes to emphasize that the men have been in every war since the English colonized the US