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 first time I took my son Will to a JH Outback weekend, I confess I didn't really want to go. I didn’t know anyone there. I had no clue what were we going to do for an entire weekend out in the middle of nowhere. How could this possibly be fun? I couldn't have [...]