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He intervened in his son's life, because, he told AARP's Nancy Graham: When a life is at stake, and it's your child, you become fearless. Actor Martin Sheen talked at length with Graham for a profile in the July-August issue of AARP The Magazine where he discussed his son Charlie, and problems with drugs and fame that threatened to take Charlie's life. Then...Lucinda Franks grew up thinking her father was a complete failure. Then, the Pulitzer prize-winning journalist found a piece of WWII memorabilia that prompted her to engage her considerable investigative skills. Her nearly obsessive quest led to the discovery that far from being a failure, her dad was an unsung hero. She shares her story in My Fathers Secret War.