On Jan. 30, I learned Britain celebrated the 50th anniversary of Winston Churchill's funeral with, among many things, radio and television re-broadcasts of the state funeral. Upon hearing audio of air-raid sirens from one of the radio broadcasts, my mind raced back to my early childhood, in which I was fascinated with World War Ⅱ-era aircraft. In particular, I was enamored - as many a child is in blissful ignorance - with bombers and all of the platform's "cool" capabilities. Of the armaments WWⅡ bombers deployed, I fondly recall play-acting the "dam busters" story. In my version of dam busting, I used small paper Dixie Cups filled with water to stand in for the dam. When hit by handfuls of dirt clods, the "dam" broke and drenched my green plastic army men.
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