Ac-Cent-Tchu-Ate the Positive

You’ve got to accentuate the positive

Eliminate the negative

Latch on to the affirmative

But,  don’t mess with mister in-between

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You’ve got to spread joy up to the maximum

Bring gloom down to the minimum

Have faith, or pandemonium

Liable to walk up on the scene

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…And gather ’round me children–if you’re willin’

And sit tight, while I start reviewin’

The attitude of doin’ right…(back to verse 1)

Spreading positivity to overcome negativity–advice that holds true today.  A great old WWII era song about optimism, popularized by Bing Crosby, music and lyrics by Johnny Mercer and Harold Arlen.

 

 

Windows of an Era #35

Wartime Chinese currency with inscription.  Signed by a Lt. Yuan, of the Chinese Army, befriended by my father, while stationed in India and Burma.

Inscription read, “We advance side by side and gloriously occupe [sic] Jap’s Capital–Tokio!  Victory for You!  Souvenir from Chinese Army in India 2nd Tank Bn., Lt. Yuan.”

Windows of an Era #34

My father’s unit on maneuvers near Paseo Robles, California, circa 1942.  He drove one of the 6×6’s in the convoy.

Windows of an Era #33

My father, with buddies, second from right, Aberdeen, MD training camp, in early forties.

Windows of an Era #27

Mother and father, after dad’s return stateside.

Windows of an Era #19

Another duty section picture–my father is second from the right.

Windows of an Era #18

Guys in my father’s duty section at the motor pool.  The man, top row, left, with the grease gun, was all business.  An eclectic mix of cultures and personalities to be sure.

Windows of an Era #17

My father’s battalion, training in California’s Indio desert in 1942.  Living quarters in row after row of tents.

Windows of an Era #14

A visit to Walt Disney’s California studios in 1942.  Picture taken by Walt Disney, himself.  My father is on the top row, fourth from the left.

Windows of an Era #11

Dad’s living quarters in India–a woven bamboo hut called a Basha.  He was lucky, in that, this one had a woven bamboo floor.  Many had only dirt floors.