and that's general p.x. kelley. so i highly recommend it, of course. but not necessarily the forward but the book. but the forward is interesting because what he did first his son worked with me he asked me to give him my observations of a young 14-year-old boy when he heard that the japanese had attacked pearl harbor. so what it is, is the vent he used of the boy, a small boy and what he thought of world war ii. and what he saw of the things that happened. i became as an example an air raid boy, believe it or not, at 15 years old. i had to go around to all of the local houses in our area and have them pull down their shades at night so the japanese or germans couldn't see the views during afternoon or evening. these are the crazy things that we -- not crazy but we did. weer to down all of the medal fences in the city build ships. of those other things, truly had a fashioning of food. rationing of gas lone. rationing of all sorts of other commodities. so it was an all hand revolution. and very, very tough period of time, i might add. i was in a very to

right under him was general p.x. kelley. that straight arrow magazine, but there you are. let's see if we have any questions that you'd like to ask. zip the general. >> general, thank you very much for your comments. if you could just clarify for a moment. i don't know if i understood correctly, but while you were commandant of the marine corps was it a lesser command position. you talked to every enlisted man? that's beautiful. >> no, i talked to all enlisted men as i saw them walk down the street and saw them. i didn't talk to them by -- in formation. i talked to every enlisted man that i could have a personal conversation with. >> just follow up, quick question it's a very beautiful gesture on your part. is it something that you learned as you were growing up, others showing that same interest in you? >> it was something inherent in me. that's the way i felt. they were working and working hard. nobody paid attention to them. just stop them on the street corner and say, how are you doing? i also, not that -- i changed the bulletin boards and put them in the men's room. b