Bill Flowers' Burma Railway War Story 

Thank you. It's an important story, isn't it?

Yes, and a remarkable story in its own right.

I'm sure as a father he would hold nothing against you. Lest we forget ❤️

Thanks Brad I know its easy to rationalise it but it's a weight I suspect may well be with me to the end

@ricdavid7476 of course, is always easier said than to understand. I hope the weight is a little lighter, though!

Thanks Brad age and organic memory loss sometimes are a blessing

@@bradleygordon6806 Hello Brad here is one thing that I have found difficult to reconcile having been a teenager in the 60s. Both my father and uncle were both sent to the far east to kill people. My father was a lieutenant and uncle a colonel. They were obviously considered by the powers to be , to be intelligent killers , intelligent enough to lead other killers. Of course the Japanese also sent their killers to the singapore and in that instance their killers prevailed against the killers sent by the UK. I always had my father on a pedestal but it was literally in the last few months that I came to the realization of the reality. We can all argue about just wars but for me I cannot really conceive of any situation where i would consider killing another. sure when someone cuts me up while driving I like the idea of shooting that person, but thats as far as it goes. I used to carry my fathers ghost around with me every remembrance day and as i live in london would go to whitehall often. I remember seeing the guy Johnson who i think is the most recent recipient of the VC there one year and thought to myself how deeply unhappy he seemed and you could see that he had people with him who were his pr "handlers" .

Thanks!