I forgot to mention that my grandfather ( mom's dad ), who lived from 1914-1996, was a prisoner of the Japanese and worked on the Burma railway. He hardly ever talked about this time in his life and, unfortunately, I was only 14 when he passed away and not really interested in history ( yet ).

Did I ever tell you my mom lived in Australia from her third till her eight or so ( 1958 to 62, I believe )? My grandmother had a Super 8 camera at the time and I have color footage of my mom as a little girl in Australia.