Well, from a purely selfish point of view, just after he retired and he was living in the US, he phoned me and said "I'm bored. Get on a plane to Washington and come and play golf for 2 weeks". So I did. :thumbsup:. Top man!
My Uncle, after making an estimated 2000 parachute jumps during WWII (he was an original member of the Paras but was not, thankfully, sent to Arnhem), helped set up the World Bank and International Monetary Fund.