Why in HELL would a person do this?

I can understand wanting to return for your own personal reasons when going through something so traumatic as a war! Maybe he needs closure, or needs to be at peace with something that is so removed from most people nowadays, but is very real and present to him! You never know how being put in that situation will affect a person, and maybe this is his way to heal! If you can't live with it anymore, and you're 85, maybe you're willing to take the chance!! Just sayin!! Geof