Fading Shadows Historical fiction of true-to-life people caught up in the trauma of the twentieth century, especially World War II, when the world was tearing itself apart. Fading Shadows is the story of Glenn Hastings, a severely wounded Medal of Honor recipient in World War II, and his long, tortuous search for fulfillment and happiness. The painful journey led him back to York, Maine, where he had served as a young officer in 1942, and had found happiness. Glenn discovers more than he expected. Places and people, everything, had changed, except the love he had nurtured for twenty-five years, and could no longer be denied. Fading Shadows is a story of love, sacrifice, and commitment to the virtues of courage, loyalty, and selflessness which defined the World War II generation. It is an emotional and heartfelt story that will warm the reader’s heart. Fading Shadows is a story of love, sacrifice, and commitment to the virtues of courage, loyalty, and selflessness which defined the World War II generation. It is an emotional and heartfelt story that will warm the reader’s heart.