Mr G’s father was a lovely gentle man who wouldn’t hurt a fly. Six months before he died his second wife told us that he had worked on the Manhattan project. We were stunned! He had never ever said one word about it, and when we asked him then (2002) all he would say is “That’s secret.” We came home and talked to my family about how closed mouth this man had been.
Fast forward 4 years to the death of my step father, another lovely gentle man who wouldn’t hurt a fly. After the funeral his brother told us that he had worked on the Manhattan project. He spent several years in New Mexico, only able to go into town every several weeks so he could call his wife. He never said a word to us, even after we talked about Mr G’s dad.
They amaze me, to be able to keep that kind of secret, even when everything has been put out in the open.
That is the difference between yesterday's customs & morals and today's. When a man gave his word back then, 99% kept it. Many onto the grave.
Nowadays, there is very little, if any, civility, morality, sense of honor or duty to be found in most young people I see.
Of course, it is totally lacking in the Democrat Party of nObama, Clinton, Pelosi, Reid and their followers.