In 1967, I travelled with my "guest parents" from Dorset to Scotland. We stayed over the weekend close to Manchester at his former squadron leader's mansion.
It was that squadron, which bombed my grandfather's home (the bombs killed great-grantmother, grandmother, aunt, her newborn baby and the nanny).
I have been friend with the son of a navigator (that's where we went in Scotland) for decades, he often stayed here in parents home, too.
@Setanta,
Thanks for starting the thread.
I am glad that America has turned the corner on how we think about veterans. Whether we agree with our leaders decisions or not, the men who followed what they were duty bound to, deserve our respect.
When I returned from Vietnam, the reaction of most was like I had contracted a STD at best or deserved to be spit on at worst.
So glad that time appears to be past.
@Leadfoot,
Vietnam was probably the most unpopular war, and many moved to Canada. What I found interesting was how the people of that country treated us Americans with friendliness who visited their country. It may have been that many were too young to know about the war. The War Rememberance Museum in Saigon is very well done. Two Japanese photographers took most of the pictures at that museum, and one of the most famous, the naked girl running away from the bombing is there.
