Nov 23, 2009
Operation Desert Eagle
November 12-17, 2009 // Operation Desert Eagle
My horse might have had a name but I was in the desert still the same.
Operation Desert Eagle was a resounding success. I was able to speak to Harry’s two surviving sisters—Angeline Hancock and Edna Rae or Rasky as Harry called her—and I also had the pleasure of interviewing Harry’s daughter Sharon, and Harry’s sister-in-law Olive. Olive, in addition to being Harry’s sister-in-law because she is Melba’s sister, Harry and Olive were in-laws because Bernard (C.B.), Harry’s brother, was married to Olive. Double Trouble!
I spent a lot of time in the Cemetery documenting Harry’s final resting place. On Sunday morning I held a little ceremony where I placed a red stone from Omaha beach and some of the soil from Opheusden on his head stone. It was a touching and unexpected moment of closure for me. Although I have a lot of work left, a lot of love still to give to this project, and one final act of doing to perform, I have come close to “Finding Harry.”
