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Three families who lost a loved one look back at a year of isolation
Betty Breunig took a year off after her first two years at Radcliffe College and taught English in Japan, which was still under American occupation. Courtesy photos
Barbara and Fay Burnham in a 2002 photograph. The couple was married since 1954.
Juanita and John Claflin in an undated photograph. Married since 1956, the couple died within one week of each other earlier this year.
Published: 3/9/2021 4:35:39 PM
Tammy Vaughan and her siblings headed south to Florida from central Vermont in mid-January to see their father, who was 90 and had been battling cancer.
Three families who lost a loved one look back at a year of isolation
Betty Breunig took a year off after her first two years at Radcliffe College and taught English in Japan, which was still under American occupation. (Family photograph)
Barbara and Fay Burnham in a 2002 photograph the couple had been married since 1954. (Family photograph)
Juanita and John Claflin in an undated photograph. Married since 1956, the couple died within one week of each other earlier this year. (Family photograph)
Modified: 3/7/2021 9:35:43 PM
Tammy Vaughan and her siblings headed south to Florida from central Vermont in mid-January to see their father, who was 90 and had been battling cancer.
Throughout history, women have had an impact on the Navy and Marine Corps. At the outset, they served as dedicated wives, managing the household and raising children while their husbands served. As time went on, their roles grew. Here s a look at the progression of official responsibilities women have undertaken in the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps.
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It’s no secret.
Julia Parsons, a Navy code-breaker in World War II, turned 100 on Tuesday.
Birthday wishes could be heard from a mile away. A parade of police cars blaring sirens and honking horns made their way past her Forest Hills home.
An ambulance, fire truck and other vehicles, including her plumber’s van, drove by as she sat in her front yard on Edgewood Road. Balloons decorated the area. An American flag hung from the porch. A car with a big birthday cake with a “100” on the roof road by.
Kristina Serafini | Tribune-Review
A 100th birthday cake-shaped decoration stands on top of a vehicle as a person holds an American flag during a parade for World War II U.S. Navy veteran Julia Parsons in Forest Hills on Tuesday, March 2, 2021.