A FEWS MONTHS AGO, A FRIEND DIED.  MOST PEOPLE DID NOT KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIS PAST, EXCEPT THAT HE CAME OVER FROM THE NETHERLANDS. AFTER WWII.  HE RARELY SPOKE ABOUT THE FACT THAT HE WAS A PART OF THE DUTCH UNDERGROUND AND CARRIED THE MARK OF A GERMAN CONCENTRATION CAMP TO PROVE IT.  MANY OF THE DUTCH UNDERGROUND MEMBERS AIDED THE AMERICAN PILOTS TO GET BACK, WHILE EXISTING ON MEAGER FOOD SUPPLIES AND EVER IN DANGER OF THE DREADED GERMAN SS.  

I WONDER HOW MANY AMERICANS WOULD HAVE CONTINUED TO FIGHT FOR THEIR COUNTRY, IF GERMANS OR THE JAPANESE HAD INVADED OUR SHORES.  DOES AMERICA STILL HAVE HEROES AMONG US?