You wrote a moving account at the beginning of Air Born about your father’s service in World War II and being a prisoner of war (POW) for 22 months. Can you talk about how his perspective on life changed after those experiences?
The only time he talked about being a POW was when we were going through his journal, and he was showing me the paintings and the drawings that he did. But as far as how it affected his life, I think – and he said this in some of the letters that he wrote home – he appreciated more of the little things like grass and food. For the rest of his life, he treasured white bread. It was like cake. But in terms of his outlook, he was a very positive person, a
