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WWII

Submitted by Diana Potter Hill (not verified) on October 23, 2006 - 12:56am.

My father, Fredrick Arthur Potter Jr '42 lived and worked in the president's house with two friends for room and board. On December 8 in their tiny cramped attic room, their ears were tuned to the radio as President Roosevelt announced the attack on Pearl Harbor and the declartion of war. They looked to each other and knew they would soon be soldiers. Dad always choked up when he said, "I was the only one of the three who came home." He bought Mom's engagement ring in Ithaca, and were married before shipping out. It was from Cornell he departed, and his heart is forever there.

The issues of WWII inspired the country to stand for world peace. As with Band of Brothers, the educated, the experienced, and the workers - from high affluence to working poor- they fought side by side. These 'modern' political wars don't seem to inspire us to this level of personal sacrifice.

Thank you for honoring a memorial to those who put aside their personal aspriations to fight for a national cause.

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