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Description
Mr. McNiven describes what he'd most like to forget about the Second World War.
Transcription
Interviewer: Is there anything you'd like to forget about war?
Is there something I'd rather not remember? I'd rather, rather not remember the war altogether, but the thing that... the death and destruction, and the mutilated bodies is the worst. We learned, we learned to treat a body with respect. Shells and bombs don't do that. Kids, people, blown apart. It's factual, it's there. That's one thing, definitely, I don't want to see. It's no way to treat a human being. He's got a brain, he's got eyes, he's trying to live, he's trying to be here. You drop a bomb and blow the poor thing up. Not right, not right. Although I was in a war, soldier, but I thought I was in a war to end all wars.
Is there something I'd rather not remember? I'd rather, rather not remember the war altogether, but the thing that... the death and destruction, and the mutilated bodies is the worst. We learned, we learned to treat a body with respect. Shells and bombs don't do that. Kids, people, blown apart. It's factual, it's there. That's one thing, definitely, I don't want to see. It's no way to treat a human being. He's got a brain, he's got eyes, he's trying to live, he's trying to be here. You drop a bomb and blow the poor thing up. Not right, not right. Although I was in a war, soldier, but I thought I was in a war to end all wars.
Catégories
Like to Forget
Médium
Video
Propriétaire
Veterans Affairs Canada
Guerre ou mission
Second World War
Emplacement géographique
Europe
Personne interviewée
John Percy McNiven
Branche
Army
Unité ou navire
2nd Division (Special Force)
Occupation
Driver
Durée
01:08