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| Veteran's Honor Rose reminds our military of their sworn duty. |
My wife and her sister were born in poverty and lived in a refugee camp. Her parents borrowed the funds to come across to America. They paid the entire amount back and helped more of the family settle in the States. One brother joined the US Army.
They all studied to become American citizens, the pride of their lives.
The sisters were coaxed to attend a local state university, and some urged Valparaiso. Christina insisted on Augustana College in Rock Island, within walking distance of my house. We met on the first day in English class and I was asked by my brother about that meeting. I said, "I met a red-head and I'll ask her out and maybe marry her." Decades later, when Christina talked about this, a Moline friend at the same dorm said Chris kept calling my name that week.
