and all of a sudden you're filled with that i gotta do my part feeling that what happened how i was at it well i know how you feel when you're in high school but look take a little advice from your older and considerably more mature brother i see you wince at that word advice but i also remember a number of times when you did come to me for  advice settle down and listen a little while big brother bill i wish i could talk to you instead of writing in this long letter from camp but i think i can cover most of the things i want to say try to get the picture now i've been in the citizen army for seven months doing my part as you put it and you think enlisting is the only way you can do your part that's not quite so there are a lot of ways you can do your part and i don't mean enlisting before you're finished with school know doing your part is a full time job that you can work at right now fact is you've doesn't is not him well yes what did he say this letter is about service and citizenship it's kind of a serious letter i never thought i'd be writing to you about citizenship but it's a big idea don't ever forget it let me put it this way why do you think i'm here howie me and thousands of other guys why do you think we're giving all we've got mentally and physically day after day what's the idea behind all this with toil we're being trained to fight if necessary to defend our way of life that's the answer to defend our way of life it's as simple as that and you know what that way of life is like you've lived it but what good is defending a way of life tomorrow if we forget to practice that way of life today get it that's where the full time job comes in that's citizenship that's where everyone can do his part all the time well you're practicing good citizenship now in your clubs and student associations you're learning the responsibilities of self government you're getting firsthand experience with the democratic process elections representation and your other activities you're learning about teamwork and obedience to rules another part of citizenship the idea of different fellows working together toward a common goal candid think of it you're getting the same training and citizenship that i got when i was in school for  i didn't think of it that way at the time i can still see the definition of citizenship our class worked out citizenship is the earning of rights by fulfilling responsibilities the earning of right by fulfilling responsibilities was that our responsibility is mine and bill's letter let me finish mary when you finished sure we learned what some of these responsibilities were for mom and dad remember the day you got a ride to school with dad and had time to stop at the polls with him you told me later how much you were impressed seeing dad no neighbors there well you said they seemed filled with a kind of pride you know that pride was how it was the pride of being good citizens responsibility to the group responsibility to the group and that's a big lesson right there holly we got more of that lesson that we talk with dad about citizenship because right after i went into the service my first three day pass we all learned those things one way or another well i learned it this way you can't take things out of life without putting something in but i don't have to tell you that you know it we've got a good life your boys way we live the privileges we enjoy but these things aren't all free we pay for them one way or another yes bill starting to pa well yes service is one kind of payment important too but it's only one of the responsibilities we have as good citizens there are a lot of them paying taxes taxes all part of earning the rights we enjoy and don't forget serving on the jury your gripe but you went and you're a jury service and don't forget mother's p t a work and my job with a better community group and your three years in the navy in world war two that's right we both saw three years of service now wait a minute you weren't born well mom's right no way no way well i was in the navy she served right here taking care of you and  working at the u s o giving time to the red cross all these things that up to service what did you learn from a navy service dad well a lot of things bill but i the big lesson i learned was this service in the armed forces is the heaviest responsibility of citizenship but i wasn't the only one to learn that after all i was just one of fifty million citizens who served in one way or another in world war two ordinary citizens called on to do a job and why not why were we fighting to defend our kind of citizenship dad was right holly service is a responsibility of citizenship and it's just about the heaviest responsibility i've ever had so far funny thing you know of help meet that responsibility practicing some of the very same ideas of citizenship that you are learning now working together as a team toward a common goal obeying the rules keeping informed knowing what's going on around and accepting responsibility meeting your responsibility to the group well i hope you understand what i've been writing but it's pretty simple after all my job is to meet the responsibilities of citizenship in the service your job is to meet the responsibilities of citizenship at home my job to meet the responsibilities of citizenship at home a moment you'll be discussing these films as you do we ask you to remember just two ideas first this is about one group in the series and second we ask you to consider how these films can help the boys in your school and in the school would you say are they ready for a service can this film series help them as the dozens of leading educators and advisers who assisted with the films could they help you help this boy i don't want to go into service now i'm not ready what can i do one boy out of millions and helping them can begin here now in your discussion