These two letters show a side of my father that I’ve only really learned through reading his letters – despite the most intense adversity, he does his best to create a comfortable “nest” for himself! In the first letter he describes taking over a “room upstairs” that was a wreck and with the help of [...]
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Shining through adversity, March 14 & 17, 1945
Posted in Holland, March 1945, Uncategorized, Western Front, WWII letters, WWII memoir, WWII memories on September 18, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Cog in the Army wheel, March 4, 1945
Posted in Holland, March 1945, Stars & Stripes cartoons, WWII letters, WWII memoir, WWII memories on September 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This letter is so easy to read, I’ve decided to post it as is and not transcribe it. To me, the most powerful message in the letter are these words: “Boy, those guys up front are really going again and our hopes are dreaming up ideas. We’re torn between two instinctive feelings of not being [...]
Dance party, March 3 & 6, 1945
Posted in Holland, March 1945, WWII letters, WWII memoir, WWII memories on September 16, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Dad got a raise – $16 a week! and in his first letter he describes a dance club down the street where about 20 girls get together and invite small units of soldiers for a mass date! chaperoned by their mothers – hmmm? But he as one of the “old men” went to the movies [...]
Too darn tired, Feb 26 & 28, 1945
Posted in Feb 1945, Holland, WWII letters, WWII memoir, WWII memories on September 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Sounds like they’re working him pretty hard from these two letters. Not sure exactly what he’s doing, but it sounds like he’s probably still helping get all the papers organized as he mentioned in his last few letters. I was amazed by his comment in the first letter that his mom (my grandma Zoe) was [...]
Across the Roer, Feb 21 & 24, 1945
Posted in Feb 1945, Holland, WWII letters, WWII memoir, WWII memories on September 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
In his second letter, Dad outlines more of what’s going on in the war, with the continued hope, of course, that’s it’s coming near the end! “OUR BOYS ARE FINALLY ACROSS THE ROER AND ON THE WAY.” I did some research on the net and found several links to what was going on during this [...]
