A Northern Illinois kindergartener whose father was killed in a military training accident last year has a date to her first father-daughter dance: A soldier with the Illinois Army National Guard.
Three-quarters of a century after her father was killed in World War II, his Bible is back with Catherine Corpening — thanks to a couple’s generosity and diligence — and she vows to carry the small heirloom where her father did. Close to her heart.
By Jimmy Tomlin, High Point (N.C.) Enterprise via AP