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Post-Script
In a way, this article is personal for me.
In October 1918, my mother’s first cousin, childhood friend, and neighbor Frank was wounded by enemy machine gun fire during the American advance that pushed back the German troops. With the aid of a Chaplain, he wrote home afterward from a Base Hospital, praising the care he was receiving and the people who helped him. He died a few days later. In 2015, a street in Queens, NY -- Frank Kowalinski Way – was co-named in his honor.
Ciao!
