We have waged our wars in the homelands of other people and other countries, and have no civilian experience of the destructiveness and misery brought about by modern total warfare.
These recollections are a delight to read. These early days of graduate study are irrecoverable except in a memory capable of relishing what's important. And courage; indeed you must have courage. Pete Dawkins graduated the year before me but his athletic exploits are legendary and while he was nominally a back, he occasionally threw the ball so we were not surprised by his exploits at Oxford. He went from there to Vietnam, emerging as the youngest brigadier general since Douglas McArthur.
I had followed him when he played for West Point, and had read of his exploits at Oxford, but unprepared for the expectations of my Welsh colleagues. It was great fun though - after that first outing.
These recollections are a delight to read. These early days of graduate study are irrecoverable except in a memory capable of relishing what's important. And courage; indeed you must have courage. Pete Dawkins graduated the year before me but his athletic exploits are legendary and while he was nominally a back, he occasionally threw the ball so we were not surprised by his exploits at Oxford. He went from there to Vietnam, emerging as the youngest brigadier general since Douglas McArthur.
I had followed him when he played for West Point, and had read of his exploits at Oxford, but unprepared for the expectations of my Welsh colleagues. It was great fun though - after that first outing.