![]() And then he enlisted and was gone all the time, so that was difficult for their marriage, and then he went off to war as a POW for almost two years. She was married when she was 17 years old, and then they married the day before Pearl Harbor. Do you mind talking about their experiences while he was serving?ĭavis: My mother did talk about it. And let's also talk about your mother, and the rest of his family as well. But from what my sister said, he was very positive, and very slow to anger. So I don't know if he did have some flashes of the war, or anything that affected him in his relationships. I don't know why he and his second wife divorced. When I was an astronaut corps, that's when I started quilting.īut I don't know how it affected him in his relationships with people I don't know why he and my mother divorced. I do textile arts, quilting and sewing and embroidery, things like that. It's interesting, because I think that helps me, too. He was drawing all these maps and writing about that. He did a lot of models: aircraft models, stagecoach models, did a lot of research on the West. Obviously he's motivated and a hard worker, but he knows how to deal with his emotions and he has had lots of outlets for stress or tension. I didn't grow up with him, but I asked my sister about how it affected him. He did make friends in the prison camp, but that was really a means of survival, to have that camaraderie. But in terms of his outlook, he was a very positive person, a very kind and loving person, and I think he appreciated people and his family. For the rest of his life, he treasured white bread. ![]() But as far as how it affected his life, I think - and he said this in some of the letters that he wrote home - he appreciated more of the little things like grass, and food. Jan Davis: The only time he talked about being a POW was when we were going through his journal, and he was showing me the paintings and the drawings that he did. Can you talk about how his perspective on life changed after those experiences? : I wanted to begin with your dad, because you wrote a moving account at the beginning about your father's service in the Second World War and being a prisoner of war (POW) for 22 months.
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