When we lived in New Jersey, ten years ago, Larry and I started a witers' group, and one of our members was WWII veteran David Wetherill. Dave was a wonderful man and a major asset to the group.
For this upcoming Veterans' Day, Larry has contacted David's widow and received permission to publish in his Ring of Life blog a true story that Dave wrote for his outfit's newsletter, about his quest to find out what had happened to the pilot who didn't make it home when they were shot down. It moved us deeply and you guys might like it too. You can find Part One (of 2) here, along with more about Dave. Larry will post the rest tomorrow and I will link that in an update.
And by the way, Dave and Jean's daughter is the youth novelist Susan Shaw.
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UPDATE:
And as promised, Part 2 of Dave's story, Poppy Field Found, is now up.
1 comment:
Great story -- especially good to hear since WWII seems to be fading from the public's consciousness these days.
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