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| March 21, 2013 |
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Ignoring
Clint Eastwood's advice in "Dirty Harry" that
opinions, like certain body parts, are best kept to
yourself.
My dad was with MacArthur in the South Pacific, in the
Philippines, in New Guinea, and with the invasion force on
the main island of Japan. Remember those movies of General
MacArthur wading ashore? Dad said that was the easy invasion
of Luzon, with little or no resistance. In fact, MacArthur
did it several times for the cameras, so they would get it "just
right". "My outfit came in the next day on the
other side of the island, and they were waitin' for us .."
About 30 (now 42 years) ago, my wife and I
took the kids and went to see my folks on Thanksgiving. We
arrived the night before, stayed over, and in the morning my
dad fixed a big breakfast for everyone, and soon television
was on, searching for football games, while my mother worked
on getting Thanksgiving dinner ready.
About 3 in
the afternoon, my sister pulled into the driveway in a
brand-new Honda automobile. I was in the kitchen, and saw my
mother looking out the window. Things got very quiet in the
house. As dinner time approached, I could hear pots and pans
being slammed around, and nobody was saying anything, but I
had an idea of what was about to happen.
The
turkey and all the side dishes were on the dining room
table, and we all sat down, bowed our heads in prayer, and
my mother stood up and started to carve the turkey. Finally,
after a few swipes with the big carving knife, she just
couldn't hold it in any longer, looked at my sister and said
"THEY TRIED TO KILL YOUR FATHER, YOU KNOW!"
It is very hard to invent small talk, at a
time like that.
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