Editorials

I have read a major newspaper report of a nursing home investigation by their investigative reporters, and it’s reported that nursing home indifference to its residents is a major health problem, particularly for the senior citizen residents.

Throughout the period of my dad’s illness and death, I had the privilege of communicating with two men my dad served with during World War II, James Renfro and Myron Roker. They spoke with great enthusiasm about their friendship with Dad, their military past and the yearly reunions that brought them together. For reasons unknown to me, my dad never attended his regimental reunion. I know it wasn’t for lack of pride — my dad was intensely proud of his service as a soldier as well as the men he served with. After dad died, I was invited to attend the 2008 reunion of the 324th Infantry Regiment, which I did on Sept. 5-6. What follows is more of an essay than a report, and I respectfully dedicated it to James, Myron, and the rest of the wonderf