In the years that followed the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, Grandma Rose sent off her two sons and son-in-law, all her nephews and the sons of her cousins, along with witnessing the deployment of sons of friends and neighbors.  The war was a great equalizer.  It captured the sons of Christians, Jews, African, European, Asian, Hispanic and Native Americans.  Even though, in those bygone days, ethnic and racial groups were segregated, America sent all its sons, whether the apple of their parents’ eyes or orphaned.  The promise that they’d return to a better world was delivered to most returnees at the war’s end.  For others, it would take more waiting and for some, the wait would last for generations. Still, while we wait, our futures are brighter than anywhere else on earth.