MY NAME IS ROBERT AND I LIVE IN ONTARIO, CANADA, IN A SMALL TOWN CALLED BOWMANVILLE,  WITH MY WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN. LIFE WAS GOOD AND THEN ONE DAY IT ALL CHANGED WHEN THEY HANDED FLIERS OUT IN TOWN ASKING TO JOIN THE ARMY. THEN ONE DAY AT DINNER I SAID “ I CAN’T STAND ALL THE DEATH AND I’M JUST STANDING AROUND WAITING FOR THE NAZIS TO COME AND KILL US’’ ,AND CAROL MY WIFE SAID “ NO, YOU MIGHT NOT COME BACK’’ "BUT SOMEONE HAS TO DO IT PLUS I ALREADY HAVE THE MEETING SET UP’’ I SAID AS I LEFT MY HOME TO SIGN UP “HOPE I SEE YOU SOON’’ LEFT MY LIPS, JUST AS THE DOOR CLOSED, AND HEADED FOR THE RECRUITMENT CENTER. WHEN I GOT THERE, I STOOD. I STOOD IN FRONT OF DOZENS OF MEN WANTING TO BE IN THE FIGHT. ALL WITH PROUD FACES ON AND SIGNING PAPERS BUT THE ONLY PERSON I SAW THAT DIDN’T SHARE OUR FACES WAS ABOUT TWO LINES ACROSS FROM ME. WHERE I WAS STANDING AND THIS MAN HAD A FACE OF WORRY ON HIM. IT SEEMED LIKE HE DID NOT WANT TO FIGHT, SO, I JUST WENT TO THE LINE BESIDE HIS AND THEN THE MAN LOOKED OVER AND SAW ME STARING AT HIM HE GIVE ME A STRANGE LOOK AND I QUICKLY DUCKED SOON I WAS AT THE FRONT OF THE LINE AND THE LADY THERE SAID: “IDENTIFICATION PLEASE’' "SO I GAVE IT. “THANK YOU… ROBERT JUST SIGN HERE’’ SO, BEFORE I SIGNED I READ THOROUGHLY ACROSS THE CONTRACT AS MY PARENTS HAD TAUGHT ME, EVEN THOUGH EVERYONE WAS GIVING ME GRUMPY LOOKS OF IMPACTICE IT SAID THAT THEY WOULD NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL  INJURIES PHYSICAL AND MENTAL AFTER WHEN I WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE THE DOOR THE MAN I HAD SEEN IN THE LINE SURPRISED ME AS HE SAID “WHY WERE YOU LOOKING AT ME IN LINE” HE SAID CURIOUSLY “BECAUSE YOU LOOKED DIFFERENT FROM EVERYONE” I SAID BACK “I WOULD SEE WHY’’ I WAS CURIOUS BUT HE LEFT SO SOON I WAS BACK HOME AND MY FAMILY WAS IN BED DREAMING SWEET DREAMS BUT AS SOON AS I OPENED THE DOOR TO THE HOUSE CAROL WAS RIGHT THERE STARING AT ME AS THOUGHT I WAS THE ENEMY AND IMMEDIATELY SCOLDED ME SHOUTING “I HATE YOU WHY” AND I CALMLY SAID “WHO ELSE WOULD,'' SHE SCREAMED “ANYONE BUT YOU” AND THEN SHE SHOVED ME OUT THE DOOR AND SAID “SEE YOU AFTER THE WAR” AND SLAMMED THE DOOR I APOLOGISED UNDER MY BREATH AND REALIZED THAT THE SHIPING OUT DATE WAS IN 2 DAYS THAT WAS WHY SHE WAS ANGRY AND I SWORE UNDER MY BREATH AND BEGAN WALKING TO THE DOCKS IN NIAGARA FALLS IT WAS THE CLOSEST DOCK BUT IT WAS A 2 HOUR DRIVE AND I HAD TO WALK A 40 HOUR WALK THERE SO I STOOD UP AND BEGAN WALKING HALFWAY THROUGH I WAS ON THE 401 AND I SAW HEADLIGHTS WHEN I SAW IT I STARTED TO SCREAM FOR IT’S ATTENTION SOON IT DID AND WHEN IT PULLED OVER AND THE WINDOW WENT DOWN MY JAW DROPPED IT WAS THE MAN FROM THE LINE “HEY WHAT ARE YOU DOING 20KM FROM NIAGARA AND NOT IN A CAR’’ I FELT EMBARRASSED " CAN I GET A RIDE TO THE DOCKS" HE REPLIED " YEAH HOP IN YOU DON’T OWN ONE OR SOMETHING’’ “WELL I DO BUT WIFE PROBLEM’’ I SAID WITH GUILT IN MY EVERY BREATH “WELL IT WOULDN’T BE KIND TO LEAVE YOU BEHIND NOW WOULD IT’’ HE SAID IN A FRIENDLY TONE “YEAH THANK YOU SO MUCH I DON’T THINK I COULD MAKE IT TO NIAGARA WITHOUT YOU’’ I SAID “NO YOU WOULD NOT’’ THAN WE TALKED THE WHOLE WAY THERE TURNS OUT HE’S FROM OSHAWA THAT HE’S ONLY 20 AND WAS YELLED AWAY FROM HOME TO JOIN THE FIGHT “SO THEIR TAKING EVERYONE NOW EH’’ “YUP EVERYONE’’ HE SAID “HEY WERE HERE’’ AND THE HIGH BUILDINGS OF NIAGARA NOW STARTED TO PASS BY “ONE THING I’LL ASK IS YOU LOOK LIKE YOU LIKE YOU NEVER WANTED TO BE IN THE FIGHT SO WHY” I SAID “LOOK MY FAMILY IT ALWAYS…” HE PAUSED IN SILENCE “WE ALWAYS HAD ONE IN WAR AND WHEN THIS CAME UP I DIDN’T WANT TO BUT I KNEW I HAD TO CONTINUE THE TRADITION AND MY FAMILY INSISTED THAT I GO WITH MY BROTHER AND THEN THAT NIGHT I PACKED UP AND LEFT BEEN LIVING IN THIS THE WHOLE TIME” HE SAID IN A WAY THAT MADE ME FEEL SOMETHING “WHERE'S YOUR BROTHER” HE WAS SILENT “O LOOK THE AIRPORT" HE CHANGED THE SUBJECT " I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO THE DOCKS" I SAID CONFUSED "YOU REALLY AREN'T THINKING ARE YOU WERE FLYING TO NEWFOUNDLAND TO TRAIN AND THEN TO EUROPE" HE SAID CONFIDENTLY AND HAPPILY PULLING INTO THE PARKING LOT WE MEET AND TALKED TO ALOT OF PEOPLE THEN OVER THE LOUD SPEAKERS "ALL TRAINEES PLEASE REPORT TO BAY 103 OF HANGER 2" AFTER GETTING ON THE BUS I HAD TO ASK "WHAT'S YOUR NAME I WAS JUST HOPING TO ASK" I SAID SHEEPISHLY "YOU CAN CALL ME BENNY" "OK BENNY HOPE YOU HAVE A NICE FLIGHT.