Theodore Decker: Air Force Museum a shrine to self-sacrifice in a selfish age
The postcard crossed an ocean, bearing news in two short sentences that must have devastated any loved ones who read it. "I am prisoner in Germany," wrote First Lt. Walter Wanamaker, a World War I pilot from Akron. "One broken leg but alright." That, followed by his signature, was all he wrote, though ultimately he did make it home. His postcard, yellowed with age, is tucked away in a display at the National Museum of the U.S. Air Force outside Dayton. I'd heard for years that the museum was not to be missed, but I made it there only recently. I'd heard also that the place was enormous, an...
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