On the evening of March 16, 1945, Sten Gould stood on the gangplank of the Queen Mary , docked in New York Harbor, close enough to see the city lights but forbidden from stepping off. "Felt sort of sad as I looked at the City in the evening," the 19-year-old soldier wrote in his journal. "Here I was so close to home but unable to get off. Walked on the gangplank and was almost off the boat a couple of times. Of course, I wouldn't leave." He was heading to war. His family was only a few miles