Mollie Weinstein Schaffer, 92, sits in her home at The Park at Vernon Hills Retirement Community wearing a World War II Veteran hat. Schaffer was a member of the Women's Army Corps from 1943 to 1945 and wrote about 350 letters back home to family and friends.
Mollie Weinstein Schaffer, 92, sits comfortably in a chair in her home
at The Park at Vernon Hills Retirement Community, her eyes and voice
filled with emotion as she looks at photos from her years serving in
World War II and talks about her experiences.
Schaffer joined the Women's Army Corps just months after it was
established in 1943 when she was 27 years old because it seemed like
everyone she knew was enlisting.
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This moment was frozen in time.
In all the years of Vernon Hills High School swimming (boys and girls), the Cougars have never sent a relay to state.
Until now.
The 200-yard freestyle relay of Zoe Eldridge, Kelley Gallagher, Dana Andrea and Melanie Rowland recorded a 1:40.10 in Saturday's Lake Forest Sectional to beat the state cut by .09.
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