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A Memorial Day Tribute to Unsung Heroes
 
Margaret writes an amazing story of WWII history and the sacrifice of her father's generation.  Sometimes the closure, the completion of that piece of history from a land far away from home is needed to bring solace. Margaret, thanks for sharing and reminding us what Memorial Day is truly about.  Please leave additional comments on Margaret's original post.
 
When Memorial Day rolls around each year, I can't help thinking about my dad's experience as a World War II POW at Stalagluft III.  (Yes, that was the site of the famous "Great Escape" and it occurred while he was there, but he didn't participate in it directly.)  We didn't talk much about those two years, but he never let us forget that five crew members on his B-17 bomber didn't live to become POWs.  In that sense, he felt he was one of the "lucky" ones.
I embarked on a mission, a few years ago, to assemble into albums the correspondence my grandmother saved from those days after her 22-year old son was shot down about 40 miles south-east of Paris.  It was a fascinating lesson in history and heroism on the home-front in both America and in France.
 
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