Archibald McIndoe

Per ardua ad astra, or "Through adversity to the stars"

When I moved to the United Kingdom at the age of fifteen, I found myself in the company of World War Two veterans, the British version of The Greatest Generation; mostly my mother's cousins, my teachers, and coaches. They were, like their American counterparts, quiet about the war.

A few wore their regimental ties, or a small ribbon of some import on …