Best comment ever on Patton, by Bill Mauldin:
Caption: "Radio th' ol' man we'll be late on account of a thousand-mile detour."
Dad knew Bill Mauldin, who was quite a character in his own right. When he was so sick out west in California, a columnist for the Orange County newspaper put out the call for veterans to write Mauldin because letters and cards from vets were the only thing that cheered him up. Dad and one of his army buddies (they live just a few miles apart) sent Mauldin a card and some old pictures.