double tagged, hee hee

A book meme, on orders of izzyfics and sleepygoof8784

1. Grab the nearest book.
2. Open the book to the page 123.
3. Find the fifth sentence.
4. Post the text of the next 4-7 sentences to LJ along with these instructions.
5. Don't you dare dig for that "cool" or "intellectual" book in your closet! I know you were thinking about it! Just pick up whatever is closest (unless it's too troublesome to reach and is really heavy. Then go back to step 1).
6. Tag five people.

Of course my father had no idea I'd been sent to Vietnam. I'm sure he would have thought me a fool, putting myself in a position to be drafted and nearly killed. To his credit, I had never heard him wax patriotic, about the United States, Greece, or anyplace else. He was apolitical and unsentimental, as indifferent to flag-waving as to religious piety. During the Second World War, he had served briefly as a seaman in the merchant marine, running U-boat blockades in the North Atlantic; later he insisted it was just like any other stint at sea, except the pay was worse.

from The Bestiary by Nicholas Christopher, one of the books I'm currently reading.

As for tags...Hmm...affectingly , summertimeshy , silverlining_99 , azewewish , sw_fangirl .  Of course, it's not like I'm going to beat you over the head with a bat if you don't do the meme. It will most likely be a rotten banana. You have been warned.