American Valor Quarterly Issue 6 - Spring/Summer 2009 | Page 12

single casual tour through your scarred streets and avenues. With
awe our men gazed upon the empty spaces where once had stood
buildings erected by the toil and sweat of peaceful folk. Our eyes
rounded as we saw your women, serving quietly and efficiently in
almost every kind of war effort, even with flak batteries. We became
accustomed to the warning s