My father would just laugh from behind his privilege.
His first jobs was a breaker in the mines.
His second job was filling and driving coal carts out of the mine with a mule team.
His third job was in the Pacific during the War II with the 8th Army which was extended into 1950 to the War in Korea.
His 100 yard stare was from the mines. WW II saved his life.
(LOL)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfVQBtrLXog