In 1941 at a dance hall in Philadelphia, my mom, Peg Oestreich, met a handsome man by the name of Frank McFadden. They shared a New Year's Eve kiss and began dating. However, the romance was interrupted when Frank was drafted into the Army in 1942 to be a military policeman during World War II.
Peg was 23 and a beauty in her own right, and she was in love with Frank. They had plans to marry after he was discharged from the Army. They
