Archive for September, 2008

Prisoners in China

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Charlie recalls many of his friends from Boston University and their lives since they were in college together, although he wanted to share the story of one classmate, in particular - Dick Fectau. As Charlie recalls, Dick and another fellow, Jack Downey, were shot down over China and spent twenty years ...

Free Gasoline

Monday, September 1st, 2008

Charlie grew up in Rye, New York. He was still in high school during the war years, and remembers the older fellows going off to war. By the time he was a senior, veterans were coming back to high school to complete their education. Most of these fellows had not ...