Dallas, my Dad was also a WWII vet. He spent his time, in the South Pacific. We also didn't talk much about it, not because I wasn't interested, but he mostly didn't like to talk about it.
my dad fought 4 years of WW11 and 1 in Korea. I wish he could have talked about some of his experiences there, but he could not. he mentioned it all maybe 3 times in my life...