The photograph above was taken of my sister Susan and "Sonny Man" around 1944, when my father was in the army and in training in Abilene, Texas. My sister and mother Mary took the train there from Chicago to visit him before he shipped out to Okinawa. Susan - I have been told by various confidential sources - was a bit of a terror when she was young, and Sonny Man was deathly afraid of her. A friend of my father's who was a photographer persuaded Susan to give Sonny Man a big hug. I have to admit that Sonny Man does seem a bit apprehensive, if not downright terrified.
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