Ten-O-Six

My parents, Ted and Julia, were a part of what has been called the "Greatest Generation". They were born in the early 1920's on farms in the Midwest and by the time they were ten the country was deep in the Great Depression which lasted until they were nearly out of their teens. On March 15, 1942, while the Second World War raged in Europe, Ted and Julia met on a date in Cedar Rapids. Six months later they were engaged, and thirty days after that Ted was inducted into the Navy and assigned to th