Archive for March, 2008

Soldiers and sailors everywhere

Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Not too long ago I was speaking to a group when a woman made the comment, "I guess you knew someone in the service, didn’t you?" I was shocked. Of course I knew someone in the service. Everyone did. Off to war went our brothers, our classmates, our teachers, and our ...

Dogs, Leathernecks, and Salt Mines

Tuesday, March 4th, 2008

Speaking to a group of women the other day, I heard more stories from World War II. One mentioned her Chesapeake Bay Retriever that served in the Army. He was a guard dog guarding German soldiers in prison camps here in our country. Fritzie survived the war, however when he came ...

German-Americans During the War

Monday, March 3rd, 2008

German-Americans during War   In an earlier blog, I stated that German-Americans lived quite unnoticed in our communities, going about their daily business much as any other citizen. This, I said, was quite the opposite of the experience of Japanese-Americans. The other day, while speaking at a Questers meeting, www.questers1944.org, I learned that ...