I am so amazed at how well you stayed with the era. I can't imagine what it must be like to write a piece this long and stay so focused on the time period!!! How in the world did you do it? It felt really authentic to me, and I grew up listening to my grandfather and his brother talk about those years before, during, and right after the war.

It's heartbreaking to think of Dean alone in Germany, not knowing what he's missing back in the States, but I'm so glad that he was able to remember enough to know where he belonged!!!