Sentimental Journey

Seventy years ago today, the world was able to exhale in relief and celebrate the end of the War in Europe. My Grandfather, Herb Bowman, and my Uncle Mick Harris would have celebrated this day in their own ways, Grandpa with prayers of thanksgiving, Uncle Mick as a Sailor still on duty aboard a Destroyer in the Pacific and my Uncle Bill a paratrooper who made all four combat jumps in the ETO knowing that he would not have to jump again. 

In preparing for today’s show, I debated discussing the meaning and legacy of WWII in Europe, the history of the post-war issues and problems and even the political struggles that remained to be faced. I went to the library and I began to listen to the recordings of that day.

A few moments into a recording which I had never heard before of a group of Allied Generals, including Patton…