Not a war story. This is about what comes after for veterans
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This is a CBC podcast. The sadness wasn't because the war was over. The sadness was the good times came to an end. Even at 98 years of age, Alex Pollowin remembered the music he played back then. He remembered D-Day and the moment the Second World War finally ended.
For him and for so many soldiers coming home, it was a moment both liberating and frightening, like staring into the abyss. The thought of where now? What are you going to do for the rest of your life? That's very, very frightening. Why was that frightening for you?
Asking the questions is Michael Petrie, a former war. correspondent and now historian of veterans experience at the Canadian War Museum. He's spearheading an initiative by the museum called In Their Own Voices, Oral History Project, gathering memories not so much of war experiences, but of what came after. And Michael is now joining me here. Who are the veterans that you've been speaking to?
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