A Father's Voice From The Past

Margaret Ann Wolf Harris with her mother and father, who was home on furlough. He died in World War II a short time later. Courtesy of Margaret Ann Wolf Harris

Dad's Message Recorded At War, A Gift Given Decades Later -- NPR

At 71, Margaret Ann Wolf Harris heard her father's voice for the first time in her adult life.

Her dad, Sgt. Cody Wolf, died in World War II when his plane was shot down over Germany on Jan. 11, 1944. But a couple of weeks before his death, he contributed to a Christmas broadcast, produced by war correspondents of the Maryland newspaper The Baltimore Sun.

Wolf recorded a message in which he mentioned his baby girl, Margaret Ann. Harris, who was 17 months old when her father was killed, heard the recording for the first time 70 years later on NPR member station WYPR.

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My Comment: One of my biggest life regrets involves my father. A month before he had a stroke that ended up costing his life .... he wanted me to buy for him a video recorder so that he can talk about his experiences of growing up in the Soviet Union .... his three and a half years on the Russian front .... his life experience and lessons learned .... a message to me and for future generations. I was busy at the time ... traveling, working, doing what I was always doing .... not worrying because I believed that tomorrow would still be there. I was wrong.

Margaret Ann Wolf Harris is incredibly lucky because she can hear her father's voice .... and take comfort with what he has to say. In my case .... I will give anything to hear my father's voice again .... but as it is .... my only comfort is when he comes to me in my dreams .... a moment in time that I always regret when I wake up.