[Tax-chick]

Millions of Japanese do, too, even if they don’t realize it. They were going to lose at least as many as we did, plus have their entire country devastated, inch by inch.

[Hebrews 11:6]

You're absolutely correct. That had never, ever even occurred to me until a month or two ago when henkster mentioned it here. I suppose I had always been so self-absorbed by my Dad's situation that I had never stopped to look at it from that perspective--so there's a lesson for me. And I had certainly never been encouraged to do so by my school textbooks nor by any other medium. But the light bulb finally did come on, aided by wise FReepers like you and him.