英语opinion的作文,关于战争的

1When I think of World War 2 Memorabilia I think of my dad who served in the corps of army engineers during world war two。He was involved in the allied invasion of North Africa and Salerno,Italy。In high school I did a report in my history class on him and his time in the army。I received an A for my report。My friend for the rest of the year would tease me saying mockingly "Salerno" when he would see me。Maybe he did this because his dad did not have such tales to tell。But I was always interested in what my dad did during the war。Not so much proud but interested。My dad used to say because he knew something,he had a trade,he was skilled in construction that he was not put in the front lines。He always encouraged me to get an education so that if I was called into war I would not be in the front lines。His unit built runways and living quarters for air units as the allied forces advanced they would need landing strips and buildings。My dad learned Italian and ended up marrying an Italian girl。He brought her back and they had a family of three children。He divorced her claiming she was unfaithful。How would I know。I only got to know my dad and his history after his first marriage and first family。And so my dad would tell me tales of how he and his buddy were in the death ward of the military hospital。He and his buddy decided to go out that night and have one last night of drunken revelry。He testifies that the next day he and his buddy were pronounced fit to be discharged and return to their units。He told of how his unit came across a town with a warehouse of wine in kegs the size of houses and that they made straws out of bamboo or some such thing and by morning had lowered the wine in the giant keg by a foot。He told me that while in North Africa that his unit was rousted out of bed at two in the morning and had to flee because the desert fox Rommel and his German tank divisions were bearing down on them。The deadly desert cold air was the cause of another one of my dad's brush with death as he caught almost literally his death of cold。He told of how a group of Italian allied sympathizers had taken refuge in a liberated town。My dad's unit had a group of German prisoners they left with the sympathizers to watch over until a following allied unit could come and take charge of the prisoners。My dad's unit gave the Italians food to give the prisoners until the next unit arrived。My dad found out later that the sympathizers shot the Germans and gave the food to the townspeople。On the troop ship back my dad had a bag of German lugers he had bought from another soldier。My dad heard a rumor that there was inspection going on and anyone caught with war souvenirs would face discipline。So my dad one night threw the bag of German weapons overboard into the ocean。My dad did not bring home any World War 2 Memorabilia。But his stories have stayed with me ever since I met him during his second marriage。