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| US Pacific Coast, North of San Francisco |
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| Normandy, France |
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| Normandy, France |
1: Did any members of your family serve in the military in WW II?
2: Have you visited a WWII battle field?
3: Did your families tell stories of life during the war?
4: Did you have any family members who immigrated because of the war?
5: Do we remember the message from that war?
My answers:
1: Did any members of your family serve in the military in WW II? My father was drafted into the army near the end of the war.
2: Have you visited a WWII battle field? I have been to Normandy twice, every member of government should visit there, walk the beach, visit the cemeteries.
3: Did your families tell stories of life during the war? My grandfather talked about Ford stopping car production and shifting to military trucks, in less than a week, my grandmother worked in an office and served on the ration board.
4: Did you have any family members who immigrated because of the way? My grandmother had two nieces that came from England, and lived here the rest of their lives.
5: Do we remember the message from that war? Some do, many don't. If we don't learn from the past, we are doomed to repeat it.
Your answers in the comments.
1: my father was in the army in italy
ReplyDelete2: no
3: nope, that time in father's life was never discussed
4: no
5: does mankind EVER remember that war solves NOTHING?
PS - regarding #3: my grandfather was an air raid warden in his neighborhood. my grandmother kept her ration coupon books and gave me her cake recipe that had no butter/eggs/milk in the ingredients. my mother & her 2 siblings were pre-teenagers during those years.
Delete1. My grandfather and great uncle (brothers-in-law) were in the Navy. My father was nine when the war ended.
ReplyDelete2. Pearl Harbor.
3. My grandfather never said a word. He was just mean. My uncle was a sweetie, and he answered a few questions a few years before he died. He was uncomfortable about it.
4. Nope.
5. No