My grandfather is very old now and is soon to die; he is in the latter stages of asbestos poisoning (he worked as a builder for many years) and has opted to leave this world in the comfort of the home he built.
He is right at the end and has taken me to his side, telling me of the war (ww2) when he was part of transport column carrying intelligence through the Japanese front lines in Burma. His unit was captured, many of them killed outright and the rest taken to a prison camp in the jungle where they were tortured to reveal what they knew. They were kept for just under a year, many dying, never giving up their secrets. My grandpa is telling me the stories of all his friend he saw tortured to death, none of them ever revealing their information; his best friend, he said, was used for bayonet practice and my grandfather had to help try to hold his innards together as he died.
Later my grandpa tried to escape and was blinded as punishment- he never saw again, and....
2007-03-14
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