A friend shared with me his fears about what’s going on in the world. “We could be facing another war!” he said.

The actions of the North Korean dictator and his threats should be a concern to all, but not paralyze us with fear. The Bible says in Matthew 24: 6, “And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.”

Thursday, Dec. 7 is the 76th anniversary of Japan’s sneak attack on Pearl Harbor.

It was early that Sunday morning that the attack killed over 2,000 people. I was 7 years old at that time and can still recall that Sunday like it was yesterday.

I was sitting with my dad in the football stadium at Leon Godchaux High School in Reserve. St. James High School was playing Reserve. I can still feel the fear that came over my dad when it was announced that Pearl Harbor had been attacked.

I remember listening to war news on the radio for the next three or four years. My dad had four younger brothers who served their country during the war. His brother, “Eaky,” was killed in France.

When the word came that he was killed, I was playing baseball in St. Peter’s schoolyard.

I know exactly where I was when I heard that the United States dropped the A-bomb that ended the war. I was at the Reserve Community Club swimming pool. All Americans had pride and were together. We had defeated the enemy.

If you ever get the chance, read the book the local School Board published right after the war recognizing the 31 men from St. John Parish who died during the war.

In Tom Brokaw’s book , “The Greatest Generation,” he stated that the men and women who served in the Second World War faced great odds and a late start, but they did not protest. They succeeded on every front.

They won the war; they saved the world. They came home to joyous and short-lived celebrations and immediately began the task of rebuilding their lives and the world they wanted.

I somehow feel that those who gave so much would be disappointed at what America and the communities they came back to have become.

If you have any questions or comments, please write Harold Keller at Get High on Life, P.O. Drawer U, Reserve, LA 70084; call 985-652-8477; or e-mail hkeller@comcast.net.