And my father, who had been absent in most of my early childhood, was doing what other men were doing: fighting for the country.
و پدر من، که در اکثر دوران کودکی من غایب بود، کاری انجام می‌داد که بقیه مرد‌ها انجام می‌دادند: برای کشورش می‌جنگید.