Most of the veterans who live at the Kansas Soldiers' Home at Fort Dodge served in World War II, which seems like distant history to many Americans.
But that war was the defining experience of a generation. Every American knew what the stakes were, the Allies really did prevail against evil, the homefront effort utilized the efforts of every citizen, and people throughout Europe cheered and wept as weary American soldiers marched through liberated villages.
The people who lived that experience still remember it, and when they're together, they still talk about it.
Just outside Dodge, about 150 old soldiers have plenty of time to talk as they pass their days together in the Kansas Soldiers' Home. While they enjoy one another's company as only old soldiers do, many of them have no family members left, and visitors are rare. If some of them tend to wonder if they've been forgotten, well, it's not hard to understand why.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
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Most of the veterans who live at the Kansas Soldiers' Home at Fort Dodge served in World War II, which seems like distant history to many Americans.
But that war was the defining experience of a generation. Every American knew what the stakes were, the Allies really did prevail against evil, the homefront effort utilized the efforts of every citizen, and people throughout Europe cheered and wept as weary American soldiers marched through liberated villages.
The people who lived that experience still remember it, and when they're together, they still talk about it.
Just outside Dodge, about 150 old soldiers have plenty of time to talk as they pass their days together in the Kansas Soldiers' Home. While they enjoy one another's company as only old soldiers do, many of them have no family members left, and visitors are rare. If some of them tend to wonder if they've been forgotten, well, it's not hard to understand why.
For the full story, go to dodgecitydailyglobe.ks.newsmemory.com.
