Perhaps we all have our first memories of celebrating Memorial Day. Mine comes from 1945 when my father returned from the Pacific Theater of World War II.
I was only two years old.
My father didn't have to go to war; he had a family and was "safe" from the draft. Nevertheless, he volunteered …
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