A war veteran from Killarney says enlisting back in 1943 was the thing to do at the time.

 

Steve Linnell says there was nothing to do with no jobs in the area.

 

Linnell was a rifleman and ended up fighting in Germany. He was injured twice. The final time was when a sniper's bullet hit Linnell in the arm.

 

 

He says getting transported to hospital was almost as deadly as getting hit by the bullet.

 


 

Linnell underwent months of treatment and was discharged from the military in August of 1945.