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army had liberated the camp where his son had been held prisoner, only to find out that his son, along with many others, had died of starvation. The men were quiet for some time. Finally one asked, “You no longer vant us as sons?” John could not control his emotions as he spoke. “Quite the opposite. Now that my son is never coming home, you will all have to be my sons forever.” That day, in the middle of a beet field, men from opposites sides of a war shared love and compassion as John showed them that no matter who we are, whatever our background or difference, we are all still brothers. The old German gentleman smiled at the funeral director. “So, you see, ve are his sons.” That day, as the funeral director looked at the family section overflowing out the chapel doors, he knew John would be pleased that some of his sons had come home to honor him. 32