Pearl Harbor changed millions of lives forever. Mom (18) and Dad (23) moved up their wedding plans and were married 21 days later. They were separated for three years as Mom worked in a war plant near Oneonta, and Dad saw combat in the Battle of Buna Chapel, Papua New Guinea.
Philip, a synodical deacon in the ELCA Metropolitan New York synod, is a retired communicator for American Baptist Churches USA, the U.S. Conference for the World Council of Churches, the U.S. National Council of Churches, and two Philadelphia area daily newspapers. He and his spouse, the Rev. Dr. Martha M. Cruz, are the parents of six adults and are members of St. Paul's Evangelical Lutheran Church in Rye Brook, N.Y. They live in Port Chester, N.Y.
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