When the U.S. entered World War II in December 1941, virtually every American became part of the war effort in some way. More than 16 million Americans served in the military, millions of civilians ...
Toward the end of WWII, late 1944 or early 1945, I was in downtown Decatur shopping with my mother, Margaret, when I noticed my mother was getting very excited. She had spotted a line of about 20 ...