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My great-uncle was in submarines, got torpedoed a few times, the subs sank but he survived the lot. Then he ended up in the Resistance in Crete for 18 months - his wife didn't know if he was alive or dead. They lived in a house opposite the Gestapo headquarters.
The missus is watching the final of 'Big Brother', where people are lauded as heroes for living in the same house for ten weeks. Says a lot about society today.
By the way, I can highly recommend Roald Dahl's book 'Going Solo', about his experiences as a Hurricane pilot in WW2. Out of the 16 people in his class, only he and one other survived. Gripping stuff.
There's a new series called 'Atlantic Convoys' on C4 Sunday 7pm which started last Sunday. As my dad served for 2 years on destroyers during this time it does give me an insight into what he went through.