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Postcard Memories From World War Ii
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Author : John F. Schlatter
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2012-10-21
Postcard Memories From World War Ii written by John F. Schlatter and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-21 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.
During World War II, American soldiers used postcards to keep in touch with loved ones. Seven decades later, many of those cards gather dust in antique stores or are sold on eBay. The author began collecting such cards in 2003. One day he realized that these cards were priceless mementos for the soldiers' families. Using resources of the National Archives, Ancestry.com, and FindAGrave.com, he began locating the soldiers or their families and returning the postcards to them free of charge. This book chronicles the author's quest to return these keepsakes and tells the inspiring stories of the men and women who wrote the postcards.The stories are as varied as the people who served in WWII:-- A sailor sent his wife in Connecticut a humorous greeting on their anniversary. She kept the card and other mementos after the war, but it was lost in a flood in 1955. In 2012 the card showed up on eBay. The author bought it, tracked down the wife (now a widow) in Florida, and returned the card to her nearly 70 years after she first received it.-- A soldier sent a postcard to his little sister in Nebraska apologizing because he forgot to send her chewing gum. The author returned the card to the little sister, now 80+ years old and a great-grandmother.-- A young woman wrote a postcard to her soldier boyfriend, recalling their tearful farewell at New York's Penn Station. Their wartime marriage lasted 64 years. They have passed away and are buried side by side in the California wine country.-- A young pilot from Maryland wrote a postcard to his little sister. He was later killed in the Battle of the Bulge. The author found the card on eBay and returned it to one of his relatives. Just months before his death, the pilot married a Welsh girl. The family still searches for his beautiful war bride, who visited his parents in 1946 then disappeared.-- Two Army lieutenants from North Dakota became friends while attending Officer Candidate School. When the wife of one of the men gave birth to a son in 1943, the other wrote a letter from North Africa welcoming the child to "this complex world." The letter writer went on to be a noted journalist. The baby boy is now a retired Los Angeles police officer. The author returned the letter to him.-- A man from Pennsylvania sent a card to his future wife's family. He became a B-24 tail-gunner, was shot down over German territory and threatened with execution after being captured by the enemy. The author returned the postcard to him just weeks before he passed away. -- A solider from Michigan sent his bride a postcard full of loving thoughts. He had only a fleeting time with her before shipping off to Europe, where he was killed in action in the closing days of the war. The author returned the card to his sister, who told how the family learned of his death the day before Germany surrendered. Until being contacted for this book, she didn't know where her brother was buried. -- Another soldier from Michigan sent a postcard to his cousin. The card led to the story of two brothers killed in the war, their courageous double-gold-star mother, and the nephews who bear their names. As the ranks of the "Greatest Generation" dwindle (two of the men who wrote these postcards passed away just before this book was published), these are the stories of ordinary Americans who were called on to do extraordinary things and the families who still honor their memory after all these years.
Postcards From World War Ii
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Author : Robynn Clairday
language : en
Publisher: Square One Publishers, Inc.
Release Date : 2002
Postcards From World War Ii written by Robynn Clairday and has been published by Square One Publishers, Inc. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
"Postcards From World War II" is a unique look at the history of our nation at war presented through postcard images and messages. 150 full-color postcards.
Memories Of World War Ii Vets
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Author : A. J. BROWN
language : en
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Release Date : 2011-10-11
Memories Of World War Ii Vets written by A. J. BROWN and has been published by AuthorHouse this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-11 with History categories.
Many of the vets I interviewed asked me why I was interested in World War II. I never forgot when Pearl Harbor was attacked. I was five years old and standing at the end of the kitchen counter next to the black art deco style radio. The announcer was very loud and excited but I didn’t know what he was talking about. My mother was at the other end of the counter standing in front of the kitchen sink washing a dish. All of a sudden she turned off the water and came over to stand in front of the radio. I had never seen a look on her face like that before. She called my dad to come here. Both of them stood in front of the radio with these shocked and unbelieving faces! I never forgot that experience. We next went to Sunday school and church and I remember all of the adults were talking to each other in low tones with stunned looks on their faces.
Postcards From The Trenches
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Author : Irene Guenther
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2018-11-01
Postcards From The Trenches written by Irene Guenther and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-11-01 with History categories.
German art student Otto Schubert was 22 years old when he was drafted into the Great War. As the conflict unfolded, he painted a series of postcards that he sent to his sweetheart, Irma. During the battles of Ypres and Verdun, Schubert filled dozens of military-issued 4” x 6” cards with vivid images depicting the daily realities and tragedies of war. Beautifully illustrated with full-color reproductions of his exquisite postcards, as well as his wartime sketches, woodcuts, and two lithograph portfolios, Postcards from the Trenches is Schubert's war diary, love journal, and life story. His powerful artworks illuminate and document in a visual language the truths of war. Postcards from the Trenches offers the first full account of Otto Schubert, soldier-artist of the Great War, rising art star in the 1920s, prolific graphic artist and book illustrator, one of the “degenerate” artists defamed by the Nazis, and a man shattered by the Second World War and the Cold War. Created in the midst of enormous devastation, Schubert's haunting visual missives are as powerful and relevant today as they were a century ago. His postcards are both a young man's token of love and longing and a soldier's testimony of the Great War. **Please note that this will work best on a colour device**
American Media And The Memory Of World War Ii
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Author : Debra Ramsay
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2015-02-11
American Media And The Memory Of World War Ii written by Debra Ramsay and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-11 with Performing Arts categories.
For three generations of Americans, World War II has been a touchstone for the understanding of conflict and of America’s role in global affairs. But if World War II helped shape the perception of war for Americans, American media in turn shape the understanding and memory of World War II. Concentrating on key popular films, television series, and digital games from the last two decades, this book explores the critical influence World War II continues to exert on a generation of Americans born over thirty years after the conflict ended. It explains how the war was configured in the media of the wartime generation and how it came to be repurposed by their progeny, the Baby Boomers. In doing so, it identifies the framework underpinning the mediation of World War II memory in the current generation’s media and develops a model that provides insight into the strategies of representation that shape the American perspective of war in general.
A Postcard View Of Hell One Doughboy S Souvenir Album Of The First World War
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Author : Frank Jacob
language : en
Publisher: Vernon Press
Release Date : 2019-09-30
A Postcard View Of Hell One Doughboy S Souvenir Album Of The First World War written by Frank Jacob and has been published by Vernon Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-09-30 with Social Science categories.
For many the postcard may seem trivial, little more than a mundane souvenir or a way to keep in touch with friends and relatives while on vacation. But if we look carefully, postcards offer valuable insights into the time periods in which they were created and the mentalities of those who bought or sent them. Frank Marhefka, while serving in the U.S. Army Motor Transportation Corps during the First World War, amassed a collection of more than 150 postcards and photographs while in France, and bound them into a souvenir album. Marhefka's collection provides a diverse and vivid look into a period of history that - in many soldiers' accounts - is not usually visualized with all its cruelties. Emphasizing the pictorial turn of the Great War, this album offers personal insight into a conflict that caused so much death and destruction. The book begins with an introduction providing a history of postcards and their extensive use by soldiers during the Great War. Then, after a biography of Marhefka, his postcard collection is presented in its entirety. Accompanying the images are brief texts that place them into historical context, as well as suggestions for further reading.As a visual artifact of the First World War and the perspective of one U.S. soldier, this book is aimed at students, scholars, postcard collectors, and general readers alike who have an interest in military history and popular culture.
Propaganda Postcards Of World War Ii
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Author : Ron Menchine
language : en
Publisher: Antique Trader Books
Release Date : 2000
Propaganda Postcards Of World War Ii written by Ron Menchine and has been published by Antique Trader Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000 with Antiques & Collectibles categories.
Here's World War II as it has never been seen before. The propaganda of the war years reflects the mood of the nations involved. The stories behind propaganda postcards are fascinating bits of history often overlooked in textbooks. These are the real thing -- showing how the Axis and Allies demonized their enemies and glorified their heroes. More than 300 postcards from over 20 nations and Menchine's incisive commentary provide a provocative glimpse into the emotional climate of the peoples affected by the war, whether they were on the battlefield or on the production line.
The Memory Of The Second World War In Soviet And Post Soviet Russia
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Author : David L. Hoffmann
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2021-08-26
The Memory Of The Second World War In Soviet And Post Soviet Russia written by David L. Hoffmann and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-26 with History categories.
This volume showcases important new research on World War II memory, both in the Soviet Union and in Russia today. Through an examination of war remembrance in its various forms—official histories, school textbooks, museums, monuments, literature, films, and Victory Day parades—chapters illustrate how the heroic narrative of the war was established in Soviet times and how it continues to shape war memorialization under Putin. This war narrative resonates with the Russian population due to decades of Soviet commemoration, which continued virtually uninterrupted into the post-Soviet period. Major themes of the volume include the use of World War II memory for political legitimation and patriotic mobilization; the striking continuities between Soviet and post-Soviet commemorative practices; the place of Holocaust memorialization in contemporary Russia; Putin’s invocation of the war to bolster national pride and international prestige; and the relationship between individual memory and collective remembrance. Authored by an international group of distinguished specialists, this collection is ideal for scholars of Russia across a range of disciplines, including history, political science, sociology, and cultural studies.
Memory The City And The Legacy Of World War Ii In East Central Europe
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Author : Uilleam Blacker
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-06-27
Memory The City And The Legacy Of World War Ii In East Central Europe written by Uilleam Blacker and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-27 with History categories.
After the Second World War, millions of people across Eastern Europe, displaced as a result of wartime destruction, deportations and redrawing of state boundaries, found themselves living in cities that were filled with the traces of the foreign cultures of the former inhabitants. In the immediate post-war period these traces were not acknowledged, the new inhabitants going along with official policies of oblivion, the national narratives of new post-war regimes, and the memorializing of the victors. In time, however, and increasingly over recent decades, the former "other pasts" have been embraced and taken on board as part of local cultural memory. This book explores this interesting and increasingly important phenomenon. It examines official ideologies, popular memory, literature, film, memorialization and tourism to show how other pasts are being incorporated into local cultural memory. It relates these developments to cultural theory and argues that the relationship between urban space, cultural memory and identity in Eastern Europe is increasingly becoming a question not only of cultural politics, but also of consumption and choice, alongside a tendency towards the cosmopolitanization of memory.
Dad S Best Memories And Recollections
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Author : Charles J. Humber
language : en
Publisher: FriesenPress
Release Date : 2016-01-20
Dad S Best Memories And Recollections written by Charles J. Humber and has been published by FriesenPress this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-01-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
DAD’S BEST MEMORIES AND RECOLLECTIONS is Chazzz Humber’s epithaph casting a very long and sentimental shadow across North America and beyond. This 230-page volume is his granite monument, well-polished! It lavishly records 125 of his best memories over a life-span of nearly eighty years. The vignettes are serenaded with more than 400 illustrations. Those discovering this volume likely will find themselves wanting to record, in their own sunset years, their personal memories and recollections. And when they do, they are apt to recall what it was like to live in their fluctuating world dominated by a variety of personalities and cascading events. Mr. Humber vividly describes what it was like, in 1945, to travel in a 1930 Model A Ford from Toronto to Boston. With lively enthusiasm, he reports what it was like to live in post-World War II Boston, to cook a lobster for a former President of the United States or to sell a pair of elevator shoes to one of Hollywood’s shortest celebrities or to shine the shoes of a Derby-hatted father of a future President of the United States. It is not a remarkable achievement to reflect, to recall or to have memories that are treasured. But to tell them with literary aplomb, to recall the events that happened nearly seventy-five years ago with utmost clarity is definitely an admirable achievement and should be cherished not only by the kin who follow Mr. Humber but by those who might like to imitate what he has monumentally achieved in Dad’s Best Memories and Recollections.