Soldiers' Families Say Goodbye

My nephew Michael is a very special young man.

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Mike's tour will be the third one in the theater for the three fine boys of Andy (my brother; ace regional librarian in WI and author of an amazing book on libraries and the Internet entitled "Libraries, Community, and Technology," his site is found at www.geocities.com/onelibrarian.geo/) and his spouse of many years, Laura (also amazing; she now serves as principal to a Catholic school system). Middle son Dan did two for the Navy. Mike will be joined by my godson and the oldest of the trio, Jonathan, shortly. Mike and John are Wisconsin National Guard, considered one of the best in the union in terms of their training and readiness. I am not surprised by this. Going all the way back to the Civil War, Wisconsin has had this reputation.