Men Like Trees Walking gives an account of Ernest Grant’s life, and notes his passing in December. Grant was a young airman in WWII, and shot down over German-occupied France. He was the lone survivor among the crew, and was hidden from the Nazis for more than a year by a French family.
The little bit of Grant’s life story in the article is worth reading, and left me wishing to learn more about this ordinary hero. There were so many stories of similar trial and triumph borne out of WWII, and relatively few of them will ever be told to future generations. Most in our contemporary culture cannot fathom the depth of the sacrifices made by the American people in order to win the war. Hats off to Grant and all those who left behind their families and all that they knew to battle for this American future.
(HT: Justin Taylor - He says this article was written by his brother)
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