by Melinda Rollins Thomsen | 09 Nov 2001 | Biographies
Born in 1909, William Owen Leach was married to Mattye Seay Rollins Leach for 58 years, before her death in July 1988, and lived most of his life in Gadsden, Alabama. He received the Combat Infantryman Badge on 19 January 1945 for “exemplary conduct before the...
by Melinda Rollins Thomsen | 08 Jun 2001 | Poetry
The following are a few poems from a collection of poetry (in progress) inspired by the life of my grandfather, Owen Leach, and grandmother. They are based on over 200 letters he wrote to her during his service overseas. He had made a promise to write everyday and did...
