Dad at about 18 or 19 years of age. He served with General MacArthur in Occupied Japan. He returned to the United States from Japan on a Friday, and started his freshman year at Georgetown two days later. He always loved dogs - actually he loved all animals. Unbeknownst to the neighbors, he had been feeding a family of skunks for the past four years. They would walk right up to him. Each year they brought their babies to get to know him. Eventually two black cats joined the skunk family because they knew that food would be put out every night. There was a hummingbird that had gotten so used to Dad that it would land on his shoulder. He was a superb gardener and would spend hours each day caring for his flowers.