Sunday afternoon, I drove my wife Kathleen's Uncle Bill to the Arsenal Island Cemetery in Rock Island, IL. Bill wished to visit his wife's grave, having been married to her for over 60 years and missing her sorely...she had been laid to rest here over three years ago. Bill and his wife Carmella both worked on the Arsenal Island prior to WWII. Bill went off to the east coast to train fighter pilots in flying P-49's and P-51's while Carm stayed home working as a typist during the 40's. They had two sons, William and Thomas. Bill put a single rose, for each son, amongst the two dozen carnations he placed at her headstone this sunny, cool afternoon.

Camillo "Mac" Bica, Ph.D. pens some striking thoughts regarding warfare and inalienable human rights in his article "A Crisis of Conscience: Conscientious Objection, Law and Morality"

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