For as long as Janet Reilley can remember, the first day of May has been one of remembrance for her family – of lives lost and saved in combat.
Her father “Mac” Reilley would pick up the phone to his friend “Buddy” MacCallum, to remember the events of 1943 that shaped their young lives – and their futures.
Few of “the greatest generation” who fought during World War Two remain to bear witness. Now, it’s up to their descendants to keep their memory alive, so that others might understand the bravery, sacrifice and trauma of one of the 20th Century’s defining conflicts.
