Held at Lacey’s Restaurant in Benton, Kentucky – Michael Freeland, author of Blood River to Berlin, spoke on his time overseas during World War II as a medic.  He noted that these were difficult stories to hear, but that they needed to be told.  Freeland joined the military and turned 20 years of age on the ship as he was sent overseas.  He kept a journal of his experiences which later helped him pen his book.  Freeland joined the 82nd Airborne in France and traveled the first time by airplane to London, England to attend jump school.  There he saw…