Archive for March, 2008
Monday, March 31st, 2008
Last night I had the pleasure of speaking at the Barker House B & B in the pleasant town of New Oxford, Pennsylvania, where we had a spirited discussion on a variety of subjects. I continue to hear first-hand accounts of people’s lives during World War II.
Again, I heard that ...
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Thursday, March 27th, 2008
Many families had two, three, and even more sons in the service during World War II. Joyce’s had two brothers in the war. This entry is about her brother – ten years older than Joyce – who served in the Navy.
His name was Fred and he served as an airplane ...
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Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
As a follow-up to yesterday’s post about Helen's family's escape to safety during World War II, I’m writing today about Heng’s family’s escape from Cambodia to Thailand. I couldn’t resist telling this story even though I know I am straying from the intent of this blog - women in World ...
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Tuesday, March 25th, 2008
Once again, Helen, her mother, and baby sister, who had been born in September of 1943, were on the road until they came to Schladen, Germany. Here, they settled on a farm owned by Frau Bunze, where Helen’s mother worked in the fields and Helen cared for her young sister.
In ...
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Monday, March 24th, 2008
How can I shorten Helen’s story about her young years in Poland? I can’t, but I’ll give you a glimpse.
In my book, We Knew We Were at War: Women Remember World War II, Helen begins her story, "World War II began in 1939 when Germany invaded Poland, but for us ...
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Thursday, March 20th, 2008
Today’s entry comes from a friend.
In 1946, at age 18, I enlisted in the Army. Shortly after six weeks of Field Artillery Basic Training at Fort Knox, Kentucky, I was sent to San Francisco for a 30 day slow boat ride to Yokohama, Japan. Men and women who had been ...
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Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
In the past few days I have read about school children in Germany and in the United States. Today I would like to add school children from two more countries.
In my book, We Knew We Were at War: Women Remember World War II, two women from England tell about their school ...
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