Florencio Davila, a World War II veteran, died recently at age 99. His dying wish was to be buried with full military honors, but the government shutdown threatened his wish from happening.
Escaping the festering hostilities in Germany against Jews in the 1930s, Rudy Pins kissed his father goodbye and boarded a train. Then 12 years old, Pins -- bound for a new life in the United States - ...