June 2012

Unlikely Friendship

I truly enjoyed reading Timothy C. Ruse’s “An Unlikely Friendship” in the Summer/Fall issue. It’s nothing short of amazing how men like his grandfather survived the horrors as American POWs. Having just finished reading Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken, which is the story of another hero, Olympic runner Louie Zamperini, as well as his own account of what he went through in Devil at My Heels, I think these books—and your article—should be required reading for every high school student. It’s a sad reality that many young people know little or nothing of WWII and how the men and women of that “greatest generation” made it through some terrible times with guts and fortitude.

—Carole Weigel

Glen Head, NY

Women at War