FRANKIE & VINCE Like Peter Quinn’s uncle (“Frankie’s Secret,” February 13), my father, Vince, didn’t talk much about the First World War. He viewed with mild contempt the veterans who gathered at the American Legion Hall to relive reimagined versions of their war. We learned that he considered the piece of shrapnel in his leg a blessing despite the pain it regula (...)
Letters
Wounds of war, closed Communion & Vatican II
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