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Article: Brave soldier, troubled father
- Article from:
- Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
- Article date:
- June 20, 2004
- Author:
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My father, the war hero, abandoned his family. He couldn't cope
with the responsibility any longer. Financial burdens overwhelmed
him. Late one Passover night, while I was away at rabbinical college
and my brothers and mother were gathered at my grandparents' Seder
table, he packed his suitcases and departed Chicago for Florida. His
exodus was as rushed as that of the children of Israel when they ran
from Egypt. I never heard from him again.
That was more than 30 years ago. The summer after his departure, I
legally changed my last name from Albert to my mother's maiden name,
Miller. I wanted to deny my father the perpetuation of his name.
As a Marine, my father had been captured at Bataan ...
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