David Aukland, 80, grew up during the London Blitz, the 1940 Nazi bombing campaign in England. Aukland, now living out his retirement in Irvington, New York, didn’t know a life without war. He was a baby when his father left England to join the airforce. When the war ended, his father’s return revealed a family forever changed by the war.

Produced by Jackie Harris
Music credit: Dream Escape by The Tides
Photo credit: Cleo Aukland