OnceWeWereBrothers

Once We Were Brothers by Ronald H. Balson Berwick Court Publishing Company Chicago, Illinois Copyright © 2009 by Ronald H. Balson. All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America This is a work of fiction. The principal characters of the novel, both in Europe and America, are products of my imagination. Ben Solomon, Catherine Lockhart, Liam Taggart, Father Janofski, Otto Piatek and Elliot Rosenzweig are purely fictional and bear no relation to any person living or dead. Similarly, the law firms, attorneys and judges referred to herein are fictional, as is the St. Mary’s Ascension Church. The insurance companies, although they may have common names, are purely fictional. That being said, the major historical figures and the historical settings are intended to be accurately portrayed. I have endeavored to be true to the war’s chronology and the events which affected the fictional characters. Cover design by Mitch McNeil Library of Congress Control Number: 2009913403 ISBN: 978-0-615-34122-4 I. The Confrontation Chapter One Chicago, Illinois September 2004 Ben Solomon stood before his bathroom mirror fumbling with his bo......