Betty and Millard Schwartz, former rural Portland residents who now live at Swiss Village, Berne, relax on a couch during a recent visit. Millard Schwartz came home from World War II to live out a quiet life as an electric lineman, with many of his friends and acquaintances having no idea of what he’d gone through during his service. “It’s hard to explain how it actually was,” he said. “When I came (home), I wanted to tell people they should be thankful for living in the U.S.” (The Commercial Review/Rachelle Haughn)