… For hours and hours while I was lying in that shell-hole I thought I had only a short time to live. The story went out nationally as “the longest taxi ever.”Teresa Ogden, New OrleansMy father spent most of World War II on the Aleutian Islands. My cousin found an article from our parents’ hometown about the five brothers in World War II. Anne Golembeski, Cheyenne, WyomingCleaning out my grandmother’s house, I discovered my dad’s World War II footlocker. Stephen Sauls, St. Augustine, FloridaOur family knew my grandfather served with the Ontario Regiment of the Canadian Armoured Brigade in Europe during World War II.

Source: Washington Post December 27, 2025 04:46 UTC