Spokes of the Wheel

Thomas Colclasure sat down with his grandfather, Henry Raymond "Ray" Colclasure in the summer of 1998 to begin chronicling his grandfather's WWII experiences as a member of the elite 82nd Airborne Division. Ray unexpectedly died of heart failure in November of that year, and Thomas decided to continue his work of tracing his grandfather's footsteps during the largest conflict in human history. He attended unit reunions, spent time with the men who had shared his grandfather's experiences in the