66 YEARS AGO TODAY WAS MY FIRST EXPERIENCE WITH WAR~ UP CLOSE AND PERSONAL
“If they bomb us they bomb us. You two listen to that thing all night if you want; I am going to bed. Good night, call me if they drop any bombs in Alabama.” Daddy and I hardly heard Momma. We were sitting in front of the big Philco Radio. I had been five years old for eight months. I was entitled to learn things about why my family had moved to this little town where my daddy had been called to work. He did something for the Air Force but he did not wear a soldier suit or carry a gun. He built... Sign in to see full entry.