Family Military Traditions

[mr self destruct]

I get the impression he did some morally questionable things during D-Day and the following period

Not many prisoners were taken as they had no where to put them or spare men to guard them at D-day, at the time they were trained to do one thing and they did it. Its only as time goes by and with the wisdom of age that gives time for deeper thought and reflection.

True. No-one can pass any sort of judgement until they've been in that situation, but I think it haunted him afterwards. Both what he did and what he saw.