Editor: My father, B.F. Newton, served his country in World War II with 27 months of duty in China and Burma. His compensation was an honorable discharge, a Bronze Star, and 33 years bad health due to his service. He died in 1978 at the ripe old age of 61.
An observation about my late father for Memorial Day
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