What distinguishes fine from not fine? During COVID a tech asked me to get in the MRI machine wearing a face mask with a metal wire across the nose. They seemed exasperated when I refused.
There's some really interesting stuff in his biography[1] about his experiences in war. Including this poem:
"""
Thy name is on our foes’ lips and on ours,
Strong in thy name we break and burn and slay.
And Thy priests tell us in our dying hours
That ’tis Thy will, and bid its victims pray.
From this dark pit of desolation
Full of black smoke and shattered limbs of men
Buried in the mud of their damnation
We curse Thee God, and swear that not again...
"""
Just my two cents. Please consider brain dumping while the memories are fresh, as there is strong evidence that our memories evolve over time[1]. It sounds like you have a valuable story to tell. Editing can come later.