When I was in Grade 5, my grandfather spoke at my elementary school’s Remembrance Day assembly. Grandpa came in wearing a suit jacket embroidered with the Marine Commando crest, and a red and yellow striped tie, unique to his regiment, tucked into place.
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William’s War: Learning to say goodbye
by Mohamed Omarby Mohamed OmarA young William Boeckl left America for the very first time in 1946. He was 18 years old when he was drafted into the U.S. army on Feb. 4, 1946.…