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Whew, what a profound experience that must have been, just listening to him. Humbles me just to think of it. Those guys were superheros who saved the world. So many guys the age of your boyfriends, who never had a life. Always do what keeps it from being in vain. In the last years of his life, my father was actively involved in his Seniors' Center. It was, among other things, a support group for death and dying. My father wrote poems for some of his friends there, and one was about a man who was a Holocaust survivor. This man had never been able to talk about his experiences in the death camp until he spoke to the people at the Seniors' Center, and he wept as he spoke. My father's poem said that this man's tears were not a sign of weakness, but rather a sign of strength. I suspect that the man who spoke to your class derived some personal benefit from the experience, too.

I met (on the Internet) and corresponded with a man who is helping many seniors to write about their experiences and satisfy some of their needs that way. His name is Julien Ryner, and you can read about what he is doing at http://www.seniorswriting.com/.