Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound... From the earliest days of childhood, we six could remember Mother humming this tune. We have no need of the lyrics; they are part of us.
Mary Jane, at 22 a US Army nurse with the 109th General Hospital in Europe, returned safely to Haddonfield, NJ, where she married Morgan Jones.
Mary Jane instilled a love of God and Country in her children. This Veterans Day, we are five, the youngest having been unexpectedly reunited with Dad and Mother.
As the clear liquid notes of Taps echoed and died away across the New Jersey countryside, five strong Welsh voices took up a familiar refrain, a capella. Amazing Grace, how sweet the sound that saved a wretch like me...
Mike in Tucson
