I remember my Dad had some of the Sad Sack books, they were pretty funny. Seems as if there was a comic strip too, wasn't it? I was a war baby too. Fred Please Visit our Amputee Support Web Site at http://ampsupport.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Elsie Davis" <elmdavis@pacbell.net> To: <FOLKLORE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2001 7:32 PM Subject: Re: [FOLKLORE FAMILY] THIS WEEK'S HONORARY UNSUBSCRIBE > Pat, > I remember Sad Sack. I was 9 when the war started for us in 1941. > Now who's dating herself. <g> > We have a whole shelf full of them, all in paperback of course. My > husband was in the Philippines during WW2. He is a bit older than I am. > He wasn't allowed to attend his own HS graduation. They drafted him > right in HS, allowed him to finish the year, but he couldn't stay for the > ceremony. Those were rough times I think. > Our boys loved to read those books. They did ask him about the Atomic > Bomb and how he felt about it. He said, if they hadn't dropped that bomb > when they did, he wouldn't be here today. > This is a long time of memories being brought back now days. One of my > students in my Sunday School class and his wife went back to a 60 yr. > reunion of the sub that he served on during the war. I didn't know much about > them myself. Only what I saw in movies, etc. To know someone who actually > was serving on one is quite a thrill. > Oh how precious are our memories. > Love ya, > Elsie > > > At 10:10 PM 5/25/01 -0700, you wrote: > >My dad had a couple of small hardback books of Sad Sack (about 100 years > >ago). I remember dad's younger brother thought they were hilarious. I > >think we are both dating ourselves, Kath! I was born DURING WWII. > > > >Hey, Asa! Remember Sad Sack??? Anyone else remember him? > > > >Pat > >Las Vegas > > > ==== FOLKLORE Mailing List ==== > "Folklore Family" Listresses: > Missi Richiele3@aol.com & Kath mzmouser@home.com > »§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´´`*:»§«:*´`³¤³´`*:»§« >