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Thursday, November 13th, 2008
More memories from women whose stories appear in my book, We Knew We Were at War: Women Remember World War II.
December 7, 1941 is very vivid in Carol’s mind. Her grandparents, cousins, and other family members were together that Sunday afternoon in Union, New Jersey. As usual, all of the ...
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Tuesday, November 11th, 2008
It's 11 minutes after the 11th hour on the 11th day of the 11th month of the year.
Do others of you remember sitting at your desk as a moment of silence descended upon the classroom while church bells tolled in the distance? This moment solemnly reminded us of the end of the Great ...
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Monday, November 10th, 2008
Beginning today and going into the next few weeks, I will be focusing on Pearl Harbor day. I will share memories that have already been passed on to me, and I hope that you will participate in this exercise.
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Another person at my recent appearance shared the following World War II story.
She was a student at George School in Newtown, Pennsylvania during the war. Farm workers were in short supply. As you will recall, all available men were serving in the military, so the usual supply of hired hands, some ...
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Friday, October 31st, 2008
At one of my talks the other day, a number of the attendees shared memories of World War II days.
One woman told the following story.
During the war years, she recalled a German family living nearby. Some of the neighbors wondered if they were German sympathizers, or even possibly spies. One ...
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Monday, October 27th, 2008
As I mentioned in the last blog, World War II was much on our minds as my daughter and I traveled through Germany.
Even while I was still at home before leaving on our trip, an elderly neighbor, who had served with the 4th Armored Division during World War II, and ...
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Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
It is difficult to comprehend that this time last week (actually six hours earlier, German time), my daughter and I were on a train bound for Cologne in Germany. We were enjoying a one-week vacation and visit with German friends of more than thirty years, whom we first met when ...
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