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Tuesday, January 13th, 2009
Hi folks,
This blog is taking a vacation - either forever, or maybe just for awhile. I plan to use my time and energy elsewhere.
Meanwhile I thank my loyal readers and appreciate the kind remarks I have received from many. I also thank those of you who have sent me stories ...
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Thursday, January 8th, 2009
Bob from Lancaster provided me with information for another blog – again from The Christian Science Monitor, this time the August 26 (our wedding anniversary), 2008 issue. This article tells of letters from World War I now being posted on a blog. These letters from Bill’s grandfather came into Bill's ...
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Monday, January 5th, 2009
Routine beckons, so here I am back with twice-a-week blog entries in an attempt to help us all understand what life was like back in the early 1940’s. I welcome readers’ comments and also their stories, which I can share with others.
Today’s post comes from Bob, a friend in Lancaster, ...
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Wednesday, December 24th, 2008
One evening last week, I unexpectedly came across a TV program featuring the Oak Ridge Boys and Manhein Steamroller as they performed a fundraiser for Feed the Children. One of the groups sang the song about the first Christmas being the most inconvenient Christmas. Yes, it was full of inconveniences.
Can ...
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Thursday, December 18th, 2008
The previous blog about Bob mentions that he saw a Star of David on the outside of a building in Shanghai and asked the rickshaw man to let him off. When Bob entered the building, he found a compound of Russian and Polish refugees who had found a haven there ...
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Monday, December 15th, 2008
Bob was 17 when he joined the Navy in February of 1944. After boot camp training, he was off to Hawaii where he boarded LST226, not knowing for sure where he was headed. By June 15, he was taking part in the invasion of Saipan. Following the first wave of ...
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Thursday, December 11th, 2008
Several weeks ago, the day it was released, some friends and I went to see the movie Australia. For some peculiar reason, this film has been receiving very mixed reviews. It was clear to us and to others at the theater and to a number of people to whom I ...
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