within days, he was already moving into belgium and holland, and by december of 1944 he was on the border of germanydefending for which he won the distinguished service order at age 25. what i was doing at age 25, i do not know. [laughter] so i have every bit of admiration for those people who risked and especially lost their lives in the mighty endeavor as if they are called it. i think it also, speaking now as a biographer who has spent so many years writing, and i've decided never to write another biography. the doors would have to close. they can't be kept open. i would say this is a biography that certainly in my own case my motivation for spending pretty much a lifetime writing these biographies. my montgomery volume was three volumes and ten years. my motivation has always been, like most, curiosity. i want to know the real story behind them myths. but alsalso in my case, i grew p admiring not only my father, but other people that i came to interview him by various books, for their leadership quality. i think leadership is not a particularly popular word in 1600 pennsylvania avenue, but boy d