World War II

PARTY AT THE END OF THE WORLD

OUR JUNE “CONVERSATION” with World War II codebreaker Delores Burdett [“Code of Silence”] reminded me of a woman I met a dozen years ago at the Veterans Home in Nebraska. She was sitting in a wheelchair, holding a small American flag, and wearing a pin signifying she was a World War II vet. I sat down next to her and asked where she had been stationed. She said England; I asked her where in England, and she said, “I can’t tell you.” Not knowing why, Men of

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