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<blockquote data-quote="ossagp" data-source="post: 206759" data-attributes="member: 1650"><p>Touches a cord. I have a close friend, now 91. He was ready to enlist in the army right after football season ended. Seems him and one of his friends wanted to make sure they got in on ww2 before it was over. One of the last things he had to do before he left was to make sure that his younger brother (then 15) could kick their father's ass if need be (as Frank had done at an even younger age). seems that the old man would come home drunk and beat up "mum" if she did or said anything to upset him. Frank knew that doing it drunk was easy, but that it was likely his little brother would end up facing him sober too. So, "D" waited for him to get home, determined that he was as sober as one or two beers after work allowed, and called him out. Frank enlisted the following day. Hard to believe kids still have to grow up that way, but those two turned out as men that are very easy to admire.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ossagp, post: 206759, member: 1650"] Touches a cord. I have a close friend, now 91. He was ready to enlist in the army right after football season ended. Seems him and one of his friends wanted to make sure they got in on ww2 before it was over. One of the last things he had to do before he left was to make sure that his younger brother (then 15) could kick their father's ass if need be (as Frank had done at an even younger age). seems that the old man would come home drunk and beat up "mum" if she did or said anything to upset him. Frank knew that doing it drunk was easy, but that it was likely his little brother would end up facing him sober too. So, "D" waited for him to get home, determined that he was as sober as one or two beers after work allowed, and called him out. Frank enlisted the following day. Hard to believe kids still have to grow up that way, but those two turned out as men that are very easy to admire. [/QUOTE]
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