Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

[Walter Bright]

On 6/11/2019 11:03 PM, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote:
> My grandfather and *at least* one (to my immediate knowledge) of my great uncles 
> were WW2 veterans. For all I know, they could have been D-Day, or any other 
> involvement, but nobody in our family would ever know because they made a point 
> of never talking about it (hence my uncertainty about how many more there may 
> have been). One of them even declined a major award (purple star or metal of 
> honor, was never clear on which)...or maybe it was that he was sent one, but 
> never acknowledged it...either way, same sentiment.
> 
> They're both gone now for unrelated old-age reasons, but from what I've been 
> able to piece together, the idea was that their participation was something that 
> needed to be done, but should NEVER involve taking pride in - as that would be 
> an unethical validation of war and the unspeakable actions that it made 
> necessary. (That, and the whole "true heroes don't survive" thing.) Frankly, I 
> think that's a rather appropriate attitude to take toward such service.

I understand the sentiment (as much as someone who was never in combat can), and 
respect your uncles for taking that path.