11-05-2013, 10:07 PM
Well, I will stay sad for a long time - Jim F. Norton has passed away! You can google his obituary. Some of his POW experience is in the article.
He died from lung cancer.
I have my notes, my tapes, my photos, my memories but I don't have Jim!
He was a Great Man and he allowed me to come into his life and discuss things he had never wanted to talk about. He was eager for me to learn as much as I could.
His memories of Siegburg included his great memories of my Dad. And those memories helped me finally understand my Dad at a much deeper level.
My relationship with Jim started after I joined this site and it really does not seem possible that this could have happened ---but I know it has...
Jean