The Story of the Solders

All but one of the Sauders' 10 solder children were at home on Christmas Eve 1945. George and Jeannie went to bed around 1030 with their two-year-old Sylvia. The other children stayed up and were listening to the radio. At 1230 that night, a phone call came in and Jeannie answered it. She didn't recognize who this woman was asking for. And she could hear laughter and a party in the background. On her way back up to bed, though, she noticed that all of the downstairs lights were on and the front door was unlocked.