Shortly after World War II came to a close, Europe began picking up the pieces. Much of the Old Country had been ravaged by war and was in ruins.  Perhaps the saddest sight of all was that of little orphaned children starving in the streets of those war-torn cities. Early one morning, an American soldier was making his way back to his barracks in London. As he turned the corner in his jeep, he spotted a little lad with his…