Real People who Triumphed over Adversity
When Sol was just a young boy, Nazis invaded and burned his hometown, causing his family to go on the run. They managed to stay together through two forced Soviet labor camps, the chaos that followed the end of the war and all the hardships that came with it. After the war was finally over, the family managed to immigrate to Canada, where Sol still lives to this day.
Young Edgar Harrell was a United States Marine during World War II. His top-secret mission took him aboard the USS Indianapolis, and on July 30, 1945 the Japanese sank his ship. Edgar found himself surrounded by a group of men in the Philippine Sea in the middle of the night. The men were terrified, and during hot days and cold nights they found themselves alone in shark-infested waters.