They were born in the 1920's. They grew up in the 1930's during the Great Depression. They went to war in the 1940's. They served in the armed forces during World War II. They became part of what is now known as the Greatest Generation.
This account shares their ancestry, life stories and many experiences that shaped their destinies as members of the Greatest Generation. There's more truth than fiction in these accounts of their lives. It's a some what fictionalized account of true stories about two cousins, their best friend, and their distant cousin, a knock-kneed freckled-face kid of a girl, and their families. It's also about some of their ancestors and historical events that helped shape their beings. Some is about their ancestral family lore. Some is about their wartime experiences and the aftermath.
Their story provides an unblemished insightful awareness of the depth of adversity and character of a generation whose final destiny now looms on the ever closer horizon to soon be gone forever. This is their story.
