Roque,
You're answer is perfect! "Two lifetimes" - it surely must've felt exactly like that!!!
M1,
One of the things I'm most grateful for are my Dad's
war letters, cards, and vmails. What a blessing that I found them!
I wish I knew about them while he was living, but having them has allowed me to know him
more completely now. I learned alot and am still learning - thanks to you & all the 6th
Corps "Peeps"! That's what it's all about, isn't it? Understanding what they did, what they
sacrificed, and only some bit of what they feared - pulls me up short whenever I start
grousing about any of my petty problems. I look back on moments of my childhood when
I might've said to him: "Dad, I'm too tired.." to do such & such 
or "Dad, I have homework
& can't be raking leaves now". Tired? What on earth did I know about being tired??
That's what we're all here for after all - to smarten up! I'm sure if I asked him: "How
am I doin', Dad?" - he'd grin & say I had a ways to go yet.
m2