Good on him.
I had two uncles in the pacific. One on the Missouri and the other in the Marines. The one in the Marines would not talk. But the other would talk all the time. All the one in the Marines would talk about is how drunk they got after they heard the atom bomb was dropped.
All 7 served simultaneously at one point.
On/about VJ Day, my mom headed uptown with me (age one) in arms for a hometown celebration...A soldier from out of town came by and asked my mom if he could hold me. He said "I just want to hug someone". Yes, I got a hug.