Too often we think of those who returned from World War II as the Greatest Generation, a group of men and women who fought a brave and noble war and returned home, strengthened and prepared to create the idyllic, prosperous years of the 1950s. But they came home with their scars, missing parts of themselves,…
My brother, who was the executor of my father’s will, moved recently. He discovered two boxes that he thought contained only old financial records that could have been destroyed long ago during the move. Instead, he found old photo albums, letters, graduation, wedding and funeral announcements, and my Dad’scomplete military records. I wrote the book…
