Sitting down and being able to hear Joshua's experience in the war was an awesome experience. He has seen and gone through so much and at such an early age impacting the type of man he is today. At one point in the discussion he admitted that when he first joined and because he was still so young that not all the time he would behave and think in a moral sense. I find people like Joshua really easy to appreciate or even look to as an example as he can reflect on the mind state he once had during the war and come out of it a better, stronger person. Not everyone surviving a war can do this let alone as good as Joshua.
One of the most interesting and comical parts of the discussion was Joshua's stories that he shared. From witnessing a guy pulling out a grenade pin to having to deliver a baby in a foreign country at random, this goes to prove that the crazy comical things we've read about throughout this course really do happen during wars.
Overall meeting Joshua was very enlightening and I only wish we could of had more time with him so he could tell us more. I really wonder if there is any relation to some of the things we've covered in class such as PTSD, Survivors Guilt, and what he perceives from what actually happened if different in action; However to find these answers certain questions may need asking that probably shouldn't be brought up
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