I understand that I was named after Ralph. He was a childhood friend of my father. They scouted together. They had a last cycling holiday up the Thames to RAF Benson as the battle of Britain raged overhead before joining up. He was adopted.
Coming out of the Great Depression, the world faced another challenge in the 1940's: World War II. Although the war began in the 1930's, it expanded and gained in ferocity (and atrocities) in the 194...