Wanted to dedicate this post to a personal hero of mine; my grandfather. A simple and kind man, a farmer who worked hard to provide for his family. The man who could barely sign his name when he enlisted in the Army in mid 1940 because he never learned how to read and write. The man who fought in the North African campaign during WW2 as an anti tank gunner. The man who carried the bodies of his friends off he field and who would be subsequently captured by the enemy; spending 6 years as a POW. The man who suffered from disease and starvation, to the point of drinking his own urine and a dead bird in order to survive his captivity. The man who came back from the war to never speak of it again, leaving only his letters, a diary and a medal as testaments of his experiences. The man I never had the chance to listen to or talk to because he passed away a few months after this photo was taken. The man who looked down upon me and protected me while I took my turn on the battlefield. The man who gave me a reason to tell the stories of the generations that fought before us. This one is for you grandpa. #stayzero #zerofoxtrot #ww2 #hero #family #neverforget