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many soldiers suffer from all sorts of forms of PTSD after wars and other conflicts
ZonkerHarris
Jan 2023
#26
I'd always been pro-royal but am now coming around to your way of thinking
MustLoveBeagles
Jan 2023
#15
Well, I'm disturbed that royal families exist, and that people buy and read their memoirs.
RockRaven
Jan 2023
#5
You were a little kid. Fathers don't usually tell their small children what they did...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#54
I will never tell me children any of the real details about my combat experiences
Victor_c3
Jan 2023
#69
My father was also a Marine. A fighter pilot in the Pacific in WWII.
Just A Box Of Rain
Jan 2023
#96
My father was on a navy troop transport, transporting marines from the large transport to shore, on
3Hotdogs
Jan 2023
#45
I don't either. It's part of his life story, and maybe something that he grapples
Wingus Dingus
Jan 2023
#81
he hasnt excaped. his entire identity is still wrapped up in royal stuff. he said he wanted out
msongs
Jan 2023
#46
If I understand correctly, "the money" is his inheritance from his mother Diana...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#48
His military service & its aftereffects are his story to tell. Right? Does it disturb you that...
Hekate
Jan 2023
#47
Why can't he talk about it ? He isn't bragging. He is telling reality of how it was for him
JI7
Jan 2023
#49
i hope things get worked out & i hope they live happily ever after. the end. nt
orleans
Jan 2023
#57
And just like that, the usual desensitization of soldiers having to kill enemies in wars
betsuni
Jan 2023
#64
Civilians being shocked and horrified that a veteran talks about his combat experience helps make it
WhiskeyGrinder
Jan 2023
#71
Stuck being a Royal with all the privilege that entails? I'd say quit the firm then
jalan48
Jan 2023
#104
I've watched dozens of WWII/Korea/Vietnam/Desert Storm documentatries with veterans talking about it
NutmegYankee
Jan 2023
#109