Dan Purgert wrote: > (Also wasn't "The War" specifically WWI?) "The War" is whatever major conflict ended long enough ago for the children of its veterans to have heard it called "The War" but not long enough ago for another to have intervened. It can also refer to whatever war one is presumed by one's interlocutor to have participated in due to one's age. -- John Hasler jhasler@newsguy.com Elmwood, WI USA