Private Nelson Jones was pinned down under fire with his unit in a small square in Oerlinghausen, Germany, on a chilly morning in April, 1945. As he tried to return fire, an ear-splitting blast from a German Panzer tank killed him, instantly. A year earlier, he was walking the halls as senior class president of [...]
“Mam! Do you know what day it is?” “Who is the president of the United States?” “Are you okay?” For a minute I just stared at him, wondering who he was and why he was in my face, asking random questions. My wrecked bike lay beside me. I had multiple cuts, a throbbing black eye [...]
The doctor frowned and said, “No man is worth this. You’ve got to let him go and move on.” My friend “Ashley” just stared at him, thinking, But, how? She weighed 95 pounds. She couldn’t eat or sleep. She was emaciated body, mind and soul. That was 24 years ago. To see her smiling face now, [...]