World War II veterans too are disappearing fast now. My brother-in- law enlisted in the Navy when he was 17 yrs. old....his parents had to give permission. He stayed in the Navy for 30 yrs. My mother-in-law had 5 sons in the military service in WW II ..... in addition to 8 or 9 nephews - one was a POW for over a year, held in Poland. A brother-in-law died unexpectedly the last of January this year, age 88. He was a B-17 pilot. juanita > The end of an era, the end of our touch with a time gone by. Claude > Choules died in Australia, yesterday. > And, oh my, he enlisted at either 14 or 15. What would today's world > think of that. > > Marilyn