The Prisoner

Moving story. As long as works like this are written those who died and those who continued to suffer when returned home after hostilities ceased will never be forgotten.

Writing can set you free.

Eventhough you will always remember the memories, expressing your feelings can liberate some of that inner turmoil. All these sacrifices are not in vain, and we can't expect people in this such situation to remain emotionless towards the horrors they see on a daily basis. It never gets easier.

Good Story

I have nothing to really comment about other than this...
I was in combat myself but never experienced being a prisoner of war other than in training. My comment is this:
Most combat veterans come back and put those experiences behind them and move on after adjusting to civilian life again. I see movies and I have often read that some have troubles getting over their experiences... I often think about the whys of that. I think like everything else...one doesn't know until they have had that experience themself. I think this applys to any and all life experiences though. I was a State cop for 25 years after my 5 years as a combat Marine and always wondered if I could have easily killed someone with my previous experiences. Thankfully I never had to. I never used my experience as a sniper Marine again! I became what they call a fearsome appearing Teddy Bear Liberal! Go figure! I now care for all people and love stories about romantic love and reconciliation stories where love is still there... I guess I became a Wimp!

i have never been to war but i have seen people beeing killed and to be honest the story doesend come close to the true shock of that and i assume that the only people who can understand whatva pow whent true are other pow's