Remembering Childhood With German POWs in USA

As a 12-year-old boy in 1944, Ronald Rengel had plenty of experience driving his grandpa's John Deere tractor around the suburbs. He wasn't strong enough to turn the manual flywheel that started the engine, but once the tractor roared to life, the boy could operate the hand clutch and maneuver his way through chores at the family's farm and at Rengel's fruit and vegetable stand in Wilmette.