Now you have me thinking of my dad, who served with the First Armored Division in North Africa.
Then I thought about Cricket, a long ago lover, who was a Vietnam veteran.
And my good friend Nils, who served with Army Intelligence in West Germany, and sings Gilbert and Sullivan.
And Donovan, another Vietnam veteran. We've been arguing steadily since we first met, but he can be a very good friend.

"Yet quaint and curious war is, you'd shoot a fellow down, you'd meet and treat like anyone else, or help a half a crown". Thomas Hardy wrote.
MY books are still in boxes. Can someone produce a copy of Hardy's "Channel Firing"