My mother would call us in before 11 oclock and when the bells would ring she would tell us to say a prayer with her in memory of the boys who died. We prayed on the lth hour. llth day of that llth month. She would tell us when carrying the flag. never let it touch the ground. or never defile it. By todays standards she would be considered a lowly immigrant. She came from the Ukraine." Michael Vancosky. who made the supreme sacrifice was born on Aug. 14. 1950. "It was the fifth anniversary of V.J. Day . . . the day when the war with Japan ended.
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