Month: September 2013

Author of the book  The Granite Men of Henri-Chapelle. As World War Two drew to an end in 1945, the New Hampshire state legislature adopted “Live Free or Die” as the state’s motto. While the New Hampshire state legislature prepared to adopt this motto, many families throughout the Granite State and the rest of the country prepared to welcome home their service members who had fought to preserve freedom around the world. For almost forty New Hampshire servicemen, including the author’s uncle, Private First Class Paul Lavoie, the return trip home did not happen. Instead, they remained in Europe, resting permanently at Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery in Belgium with 7,952 of their comrades. The Granite Men of Henri-Chapelle attempts to illustrate the lives lived and left behind by these forty men.