Lest we forget the terrible legacy of this war. And let us remember the children of those who died either in the battles or as a result of wounds when they returned home, how stoic they had to be, the legacy they carried and passed on. Please we need to honour our ancestors. They had tough lives and had to make so many sacrifices to survive.
https://www.smh.com.au/national/the-incontrovertible-truth-about-world-war-i-20181109-p50f0t.html
Emerging From The Dark Night 
Deb,
I always found it odd how war is romanticized by so many. And it seems the further we are removed from the bloodshed, the more forgiving the brushstrokes become.
This brilliant piece tells the sobering truth of the matter. Thank you for sharing it.
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Yes its so tempting make an ureal illusion of something that was gutwrechingly traumatic and bloody.
Imagine the naivete of those young boys heading off for an ‘adveture’ and being fed to the hounds of hell in the trenches. How do you come back from the conditions they lived through and the blood that was shed. I don’t think we can imagine in our wildest nightmare but I do think we owe them the truth of feeling what it really was they signed up for and endured. and the silent legacy that had to bring back to a civilian life.
Thanks so much for understanding. ❤
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