A trio of old veterans were bragging about the heroic exploits of their ancestors one afternoon down at the VFW hall.

A trio of old veterans were bragging about the heroic exploits of their ancestors one afternoon down at the VFW hall. My great grandfather, at age 13, one declared proudly, was a drummer boy at Shiloh. Mine, boasts another, went down with Custer at the Battle of Little Big Horn. I'm the only soldier in my family, confessed vet number three, but if my great grandfather was living today he'd be the most famous man in the world. Really? What'd he do? his friends wanted to know. Nothing much. But he would be 165 years old.