Awesome post Polly smile

Your dad is one helluva man.

Our histories parallel a little bit. My dad was born in 1919 and served in WWII - though in the Pacific. He was 40 when I was born.

I remember being about 10 and seeing him watching a news story about Vietnam on TV. He shut it off and said, "I hope this thing has ended before you reach the draft age". LOL - from the same guy who went off to fight in an earlier war.

Yes, parents try to shield their children from things they know (from their own experience) to be bad. Not sure this is the best strategy but I do know this - If I had kids I would do the exact same thing!

Thanks for posting that - it illustrates what I was trying to say better than I could smile

Scott