My grandfather Emil was a medic in a battalion that entered the Argonne Forest, France in World War I. Months later, only 13 walked out whole, he among them. It was a ghostly and gangly squad of survivors of a hellish encounter with the enemy. Whether it was gas, or mortars, or hand to hand…
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Michelle-A legacy
In the grainy photo I recognize her standing off to the side in a shaded corner of a hotel lobby. All around her students and staff prepare for an outreach event. The occasion is the Urban Student Leader’s conference in New Orleans-post Hurricane Katrina. It’s a perfect picture of Michelle, content to be silent and…
To Sir, with love 