Leo Phillip Durand
Leo Phillip Durand (cover photo) is the feature story of this edition, written by his son Roger. This story relates in detail about his youth, marriage and joining the Army and the WWII campaign in France as well as the proud grandparents of a beautiful family today.
Benoni Durand and His Son Gerard
Mary Ann Durand Balding wrote this feature story. Assisted by her husband Ronald and her sister Anita Oakey, they forwarded many many great classical photos and a great story for this edition.
If you ever think about the price of freedom, this edition is required reading. Al Dubois relates his WWII experiences as a Japanese prisoner of war and the Bataan Death March in his story, More Than My Life as recorded by Virginia Durand James
More Than My Life- Part Two
Part Two completes Al Dubois story of being captured by the Japanese. Near death many times, he struggled to survive until he was finally liberated. The war ended with the Japanese surrender and he was going home after five long years.