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p> FATHERLY PRIDE br> Re: Ben Stein's Father's Day Perspectives : /p> p>And I thought I was the only person left in our country who enjoys the Victory at Sea music CD. I also save it for special days. God Bless America, George Bush, our servicemen and women, and Ben Stein. br> -- Joe DeLalla br> Garnerville, New York /p>

I too, recall sitting with my ol' man, watching both Victory At Sea and World At War and appreciating his insights. He served in the Navy, first in a PT boat patrolling off of North Africa, then on two sub-chasers in the Central and South Atlantic. They got one U-boat and one whale (by accident, oops!) Or listening to my grandfather, who saw action on the Western Front in 1918 with the U.S. Army.

I served in the Navy in the early '80s, although the closest thing to action I saw was playing cat-and-mouse with Soviet cruisers in the Sea of Japan who were following us. More of an annoyance than the danger my two paternal ancestors saw.

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