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“The only time I’ve heard them argue was in the car,” said Bob and Marge Byerly’s granddaughter. “It was about directions or her telling him to slow down.”
TURIN â For the past three years, village streets have been lined with the now-popular banners showing photographs of veterans from bygone eras in time for Memorial Day. In most cases, the banners commemorate former soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who have already left this world but this year, one of the honorees is not only still a revered member of the Turin community, but a former Army man who participated in a little-known piece of history. Edward J. Swiernik, 86, was drafted into the Army in 1955 and served two years of active duty and five years in the reserves. He and a few...