Abelardo Garcia
By Nikki Stanko
Rocking back and forth in a squeaky computer chair, hands folded in his lap, Abelardo Garcia chuckled as he relived having played match-maker for his fellow Army soldiers in a quaint beer hall in Czechoslovakia in 1945.
“I really enjoyed life, no doubt about that,” Garcia said.
As he relived his time in World War II, a distant smile never left Garcia’s face; proof that the elderly veteran clearly still cherished his days overseas.
“I had a good time because I never went to war,” Garcia said. “I was always in an office.”