Question about "Scent of a Woman"
 

My mom told me she watched this on TV the other day and to my surprise, liked it (I wouldn't have thought it would be her thing). Anyway, at some point she was interrupted and didn't see the reveal of



I've seen a bit of this on TV but didn't care for it and didn't see or remember this specific point. Can anyone help?

Use spoiler tags please for those who haven't seen the movie.

Thanks in advance.

If memory serves me correct he lost his sight in the war...

The scene is where It was half way into the film I believe.

I can't exactly remember the details but the story gets told by