Dear Editor:
When I was growing up, my parents would talk about the turbulent month of April 1945. I wasn’t even alive then, however, I paid attention to their words.
On April 12, 1945, President Franklin D. Roosevelt died, and Harry S. Truman took the oath of office as the new President.
During that same month, the Allied Powers were closing in on the city of Berlin, Germany. On April 30, 1945, Adol…