"It isn't bravery...it's duty. Duty overrides fear."

[v2]

An old Polish warrior wistfully recalls WW2 and Operation Market Garden.

A lifetime of wondering: How did I survive?

 

[RabidAlien]

 

[mudpuppy]

Excellent story. thanks for sharing the link V2.
Derek

 

[Airframes]

Thanks Dominik, a remarkable warrior.

 

[Gnomey]

Interesting article, thanks for sharing

 

[BikerBabe]

I've got nothing but deep respect for the man.
I sure hope he has got a good, peaceful and happy life.

 

[ToughOmbre]

TO

 

[Aaron Brooks Wolters]

Good find V2, thank you for sharing sir.

 

[N4521U]

The title of this thread kinda says it all. I had been trying to define bravery, in the military sense, and this hits the nail on the head. When I was in the Navy we were transitioning from the old re3cip helicopter, SH34-J to the SH3-A jet in our training squadron. We had had a couple of high speed water crashes and loss of pilots, or crewmen. I was aircrew in training. One night we had a may-day call, we scrambled and set off on a search, middle of the night. Not a second thought for our own safety, we just wanted to find our ship mates.