Eagle scout Quote by Mark Bowden

He was a combat veteran from Korea, and he was a great father.

— Mike Pence

With Dad, he was the ultimate wildlife warrior, and we admired him more than anything.

— Bindi Irwin

“Grandson: Were you in the war, Grandpa? Grandpa: Yes, I was a fighter pilot. Kid’s mom: Weren’t you stationed in Illinois, Dad? Grandpa: Yes,…

— Mariana Zapata

He went off and fought in World War II. He had me when he was pretty old, so my dad's a World War II…

— Steven Rinella

My son Cary's generation likely won't know who my father was, but it's something nice for him that his grandfather was an icon. I…

— Jennifer Grant

“Most dads had hobbies that they passed down to their sons; hunting, fishing, auto repair. Dad’s hobby was nuclear war, which meant his sons…

— S.A. Bodeen

“My father worked behind closed doors inside the house, had a huge ancient Latin dictionary on a wrought-iron stand, spoke Spanish on the phone,…

— Alice Sebold

“He certainly had far more colorful language than any “father” he’d ever known.  Even his actual father had never strung together the kind of…

— Brian Harmon

On rare occasions, Dad used to reminisce about when he met Eisenhower and how Churchill would pop in, in the late hours of the…

— Ridley Scott

I had known Colonel Charlie Flynn since he was a lieutenant 23 years earlier, and I remembered how his first child, Molly, had been…

— Stanley A. McChrystal

My dad was career Army.

— Reg E. Cathey

My father was a very good Boy Scout. He was very skilled with knots, and he showed me how to tie a bow tie.

— Bill Nye