"I am really heartbroken but there is nothing I can do. According to the news in the Allentown Morning Call, my son … paid for his crimes by being hang[ed] … . I know that the United States army gave my son all the [chances] any soldier could have and I know that he really wasn't worth all that trouble. I have another son in the army over 21/2 years stationed … in Burma. He wears the bronze star and several honorable medals and I am proud of him.