This WaPo article about a WWI family brought me to tears.

[Ilsa]

His World War I death was a family mystery. I wanted to solve it.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/02/marines-mysterious-death-world-war-is-final-days-still-haunts-his-family/

I don't cry easily. The author is the grandson of the younger sister of the veteran who died in France in WWI. The family didn't have many details of his last days or death, so Joby Warrick began researching it. The article is long, but worth reading.

This soldier died in early November, but his family received their notification Nov. 30. From the 11th to the 30th, they had celebrated the end of the war like everyone else.

[hlthe2b]

1. I don't doubt I shed more tears reading that than Trump ever did throughout his life

Unless for himself.

To all the families who have born the brunt of our wars. Please know that many and hopefully most of us DO care.

[MaryMagdaline]

2. Heartbreaking