Tag: commission
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Vessel of Mercy: A Quartermaster’s Charge
My grandfather was in the U.S. Army during World War II, a private in the group called the Quartermaster Corps. That’s him in the picture, if you’re wondering. If you know much about me, you know I am a history nut and amateur genealogist. But when I came across this bit of information about my…
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Be My Vision
Several years ago, I worked full-time as an assistant for a local optometrist. I learned many things, but one of the most interesting was a fact about children’s vision. Although my own childhood was full of eye doctor visits, glasses, and therapy for my eyesight, this was something I never had never known. Because children…