A Veterans Day Walk in the Park
Veterans Day was earlier this week—November 11th. I knew the holiday was approaching, but I hadn’t considered that the public schools would be closed. This meant that William, who is now in first grade,...
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Ford “Huck” Hagenbuch and His Ohio Roots
I recently stumbled upon an obituary for Ford “Huck” Hagenbuch from 2011. I wasn’t familiar with Huck, and I was surprised to hear that he had spent many years living in Gilroy, California—a town...
Remembering James H. Hagenbuch: a Helmet and a Lost Love
Last year, we published a five-part series of articles about the family, life, and death of James H. Hagenbuch (b. 1922, d. 1944), a paratrooper who was killed in action during the D-Day invasion....
