January 2008

January 2008 Articles: Health  Human Interest Food Nostalgia General Interest Commentary  Financial

Combat vet, who helped in VA
addiction program, creates stained glass.

By Kitty Baker

Eugene Sharf, a retired pharmacist and
combat veteran of World War II, is now an artist.

Sharf, 87, conceives and fabricates stained-glass pieces of art.
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Old soldiers never forget;
U.S. seeks their reminiscences

By Bill Kent

They could be just another bunch of guys sitting around,
telling war stories.

“Right after I got drafted into the Marines at the Customs House,”
Harold Selvin said, “they told us we were going to Parris Island.
I thought, Paris? This looks like a good deal.”

(Parris Island is a U.S. Marine base in South Carolina.) Full Story