For those who were 5 or younger during WW2 do you have?

Question

Do you have flashbacks or find yourself getting very emotional when you watch movies and/or documentaries about WW2. I was very young, born in 1942, but have some memories from the War and find myself getting very emotional when exposed to material about the War. Wondered if I am unique.

I expect that adults from that era would experience flashbacks wondered about others that were young children.

My father was in the Army and served from 1941-1945, Combat in Europe in 44-45. I was only 2 but remember the day he left. I had dreams about it until my late teens. Then mentioned it to my mother who told me it actually happened as I had dreamt it.

BTW -I was USNR - active duty 61-63

Answer 1

While I am forty years too young to have been alive during WWII, I do remember when my dad went to war in 1990.

It was like he went to work and stayed there for a year. I don't think I made the connection between him being gone and watching the war on CNN.

But it's probably different since he was already in the Army and had been training for it for twenty years and it was his second war. He was ready for it, so in a way we were ready for it.

I do remember relief from my grandparents that he was fighting Iraqis and not Russians. My grandfather was career Army as well and fought in WWII, Korea and Vietnam.

My dad was commissioned in the Army and served in Vietnam for three years- '69-'71 and then in the Gulf '90-'91.

Answer 2

Some females stayed at residence however such a lot have been out running. Doing "male" jobs and serving to within the warfare attempt. Such as solving plane engines, making ammunition, manufacturing unit paintings and so forth. I propose seeing A League in their possess, which was once approximately females gambling important league baseball in WWII.

Answer 3

I get emotional about it sometimes, and I was born 18 years after it was over.

I was less than 10 when we pulled out of Vietnam, and I cried like a baby at The Wall.

But then, I've studied both of these wars enough to appreciate them. . . . .

Answer 4

No. I was born in the same year as you and have no memories whatsoever of the war (and I'm British). All I do remember is that as a young child I was frightened of the dark, saying to my parents 'are there any Germans there?'

Answer 5

hm, I am fourth generation born after WWII...
:)