The Subject Was Roses1968

John Cleary:
You know, it's one of the big regrets of my life I was never in the service?

Timmy Cleary:
I know.

John Cleary:
The day World War One was declared, I went to the recruiting office. When they learned I was the sole support of the family, they turned me down.

Timmy Cleary:
I know.

John Cleary:
It's always bothered me. Missing out on the whole thing. I keep wondering what difference it might have made in my life... but then I wonder how I would have made out? Because I wouldn't have settled for a desk job: I would have gone to the Front!

Timmy Cleary:
I'm sure of that.

John Cleary:
But once there, how would I have done?

Timmy Cleary:
Fine.

John Cleary:
How do you know?

Timmy Cleary:
You're a born fighter.

John Cleary:
But they say a lot of guys who were terrors as civilians turned to jelly when they heard those bullets.

Timmy Cleary:
Not you.

John Cleary:
Well, doesn't seem so... but you can't be sure. See, that's always bothered me.