Comment by Aiden Furry on Bocchi Jieikan no Isekai Funsenki - Chapter 24

@Aiden Furry I guess when you have the little guy with the mustache in Germany, and the bigger guy with the mustache from the USSR, the demon king doesn't seem like much.

I grew up around that hat. (Both of my parents served in the Australian military.)
It's definitely an Aussie slouch hat and that pin on the hat definitely makes it easier to spot.
But I have seen some of our Army officer's wear that around the 80s and 90s.

@Hidecki consider for a moment that the Japanese guy he worked with was from the Imperial Japanese, that means they arrived around the same time, which likely means they're WW2 veterans from opposite sides

@Aiden Furry

so very true. 

I've had the opportunity to work with past servicemen who sadly served against the Japanese during WW2. Its was a sad moment in history that definitely left scars on both sides.

PTSD (in those days was called shell shock) was a common thing amongst those on both sides of the war. And if the Aussie soldier has that (and also knowing how reckless some ex-soldiers can be) there is no telling what may happen.

But there is one thing that most 'true blue Aussies' will agree on. It's to help your mates in times of need! So is there something else happening in the background? 

Now there isonly one problem. Have to wait for more details as the series progresses 😖

@Hidecki Dad was in Vietnam. A few years later he was stationed in Belgium, and took a trip to Paris while on leave. 

While there, he got to talking with a very nice Vietnamese gentleman. And recognized him. His picture had been passed around to the American troops as one of the higher-level North Vietnamese officers.

They had a time swapping war stories and reminiscing before going their separate ways.

@Galactic Navy Officer

  love to hear of those types of stories. 

I had the opportunity to look after an elderly veteran of WW2 who when was extremely ill one day, started to tell me that he refused to die until he could find his friend (or family of his friend) who helped save his life in a rather nasty trench battle.

He explained that he got a bayonet to his 'gut' and his friend stood over him in the battle to try to keep their opponents from finishing the job. He then showed me a photo of said friend.... it was my grandfather. (He even gave me the full name of my Pop which really shocked me further!)

My Pop always told us that during the war you had enemies. But after the war... it was just a friend who was just trying to do their job. (My Grandfather had the habit according to this gentleman of sharing his own rations to prisoners of war who were in a bad way according to the guy. And he even said that it was how my Pop got the Turkish binoculars... which my family treasures!

@Hidecki That is such a sweet story.

"A man is not dead while his name is spoken." -Terry Pratchett. Even if you don't say their names and just share the memory.

Dad's view on the situation is being a soldier is a job. Taking the job into your personal life by opposing the enemy always is counterproductive and useless.