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WORLD WAR II

nine grandchildren, numerous faced wartime with such courage.
great-grandchildren and two My parents urged me to do what
great-great-grandchildren. I have I wanted to do and to be an
enjoyed studying and researching independent thinker; they also
my family’s genealogy, going taught me how to be responsible.
as far back as the 1600s for my I believe my grandparents also
family and my husband’s family. played a role, as they were both of
I am an avid reader on my Kindle staunch, German descent. I grew
and also enjoy surfing the Internet up during the Great Depression,
on my computer. where we learned about sacrifice
and how to make things last.
My generation is referred to as These were all contributing
“the greatest generation.” Clearly, factors to the person I became
my upbringing and my parents and to my role in “the greatest
are what made me strong enough generation”.
to be part of the generation that

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