We Were Young, They Say. We Have Died. Remember Us.

GUEST COLUMN: We Were Young, They Say. We Have Died. Remember Us.

With the end of World War II in Europe, letters from American families seeking information about their loved ones began arriving at town halls across the southern Netherlands. Postmarked from big cities and small towns, from those of privilege and…

We Were Young, They Say. We Have Died. Remember Us.

With the end of World War II in Europe, letters from American families seeking information about their loved ones began arriving at town halls across the southern Netherlands. Postmarked from big cities and small towns, from those of privilege and…

Edsel: Memorial Day an opportunity to reflect, do our part

With the end of World War II in Europe, letters from American families seeking information about their loved ones began arriving at town halls across the southern Netherlands. Postmarked from big cities and small towns, from those of privilege and…

We Were Young, They Say. We Have Died. Remember Us. - Wilson County News

With the end of World War II in Europe, letters from American families seeking information about their loved ones began arriving at town halls across the southern Netherlands. Postmarked from big cities and small towns, from those of privilege and those barely scraping by, each one contained a heartbreaking request similar to that of a young widow from Demopolis, Alabama: My husband…was killed in Germany on his birthday, April 18, 1945, and is b…