http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=15127337
The link posted above is an audio piece that truly is moving to listen to in my opninion. It is about a man who used to listen to his grandfather tell him old war stories from WWII. His grandfather flew bombers in the war. When he was younger, he used to hear funny stories, giving him the impression that war was "fun." Once he got older, his grandfather told him more adult stories, like when he came home from war, injured from shrapnel and had a hole through his thigh. The speaker also talked about a double-amputee whose main regret is not stopping enough shrapnel with his own body to save his friend. The speaker's voice gets shaky at the end, as it filled up with emotion talking about how heroic soldiers are. Truly, a moving piece.
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