Al and I grew up on Ward St. Salem, N.J.  One of the baddest streets in Salem. A mixed neighborhood, but no one bothered any one living on Ward, vice versus. I recall walking home from school and saw 4-5 kids surrounding this 1 kid and they were really going at it. The 1 kid, Albert and for the most part was holding his own.Naturally a friend and I jump in running the others off. Turns out the kids were from another neighborhood and Albert got into it with them. Albert was not afraid of anyone and he not afraid to take a butt kicking either. We were very close growing up, it was him and I and our mother and we both saw lots of not so good things in our house. See, our father drank and like to come home and liked smacking our mom around, until we decided to use our baseball bats as a suggestion to dad, that he wasn't going to hit mom anymore. I sure wish we would have stayed close, I should have made a better effort. Al, rest in peace, I love you. Brother Jim