WHY OH WHY is it hailing the last week in May??? I mean, come on! It's almost June for crying out loud. Of course I spent the day cleaning with Whitney (you could have eaten off my floors) and the kids all came through with muddy shoes. Oh well.
Today was, of course, Memorial Day. I didn't think much about this day, as we don't have family buried in Utah and Jeff is in London on business, but as I drove to my tennis lesson tonight I listened to NPR's Radio West. Doug Fabrizio (LOVE HIM!) was interviewing Gene Jacobson, author of We Refused to die. Here is a summary:
In 1942 the Japanese army forced about 70,000 US and Philippino prisoners of war to march some 80 miles across the Bataan Peninsula on the way to a prison camp. More than 10,000 died or were summarily executed along the way. Among the survivors was Gene Jacobsen - who published a book about the ordeal. Jacobsen joined us back in 2004 to share his story of three and a half years as a prisoner of war. (Rebroadcast)
Here is the link to the broadcast:
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kuer/news.newsmain?action=article&ARTICLE_ID=1284397
Just as I drove up to the courts the broadcast ended and Doug announced that Gene Jacobson had died last May. With tears streaming from my eyes I wondered: how I could love him so quickly? How I could feel so much gratitude and compassion for this warm voice? I was so sad that the world had lost him. I realized how few men (and I mean real men) there really are toady.
Thank you to those out there who have given or are giving the "fullest measure of devotion".
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