9 Chickweed Lane by Brooke McEldowney for November 19, 2009
Transcript:
Gran says, "There were lots of us in the USO shows. And some were stars…Bob Hope, Hedy Lamarr, Rita Hayworth. I was just Edie Ernst, every boy's steady from home." Gran says, "I'd talk to them after the shows, and they'd hold my hands for a moment as if they were holding someone else's hands...then I'd kiss them on the cheek goodbye..." Gran says, "Then they'd go out to die"