BEGATS AND BEQUEATHALS

Or, Subtitled: “The war in Europe was going full force, and my two brothers and Dad were all very active in various phases of the conflict”

The memoir that follows is part of a series of memoirs in which I’m recording information about the World War II experiences of my father and uncles. I’m trying to save and share that information because I don’t want it to be lost. The following memoir documents the WWII experiences of my uncle Lee Compere. In what follows, I’m relying on a manuscript Lee compiled in 2000 (and updated several times in the period from September 2000 to May 2003), entitled “My Memoirs — 2000: An Autobiography of Lee H. Compere.”[1] I have a copy of the typescript, which runs to 149 singled-spaced pages with additional family photos. In his preface to his memoirs, Lee says that he undertook the task of compiling his memoirs due to the encouragement of his nieces and nephews and several friends. He dedicated the memoirs to Helen, their son Benjamin, and his nieces Alicia Compere and Denise Lindsey Peek and to me, his nephew William D. Lindsey, as well as to his good friend and scouter Paul Hattaway. (To read the rest of this posting, click the numeral 2 below.)