Karl, that was the real America ,unknown unfortunately, by the present generation.
Men found ways to take care of their families in ways many men of today wouldn't have a clue.
We have become a high tech nation where we need each other's honesty and integrity
in doing the things for us that we can no longer do for ourselves in this materialistic society.
We need now, more then ever, -" a man's word being as good as his bond", and that's been left in the dust by the ME generation.
We have out smarted ourselves with our insatiable desire for material things rather than the meaningful things in life,- family, service and patriotism.
The old adage, - a man in quest of material things is compared to a man drinking saltwater ,until he drinks so much of it he goes mad, kinda rings true.