Tag: WW2

• Timing and Strategy

  The historian in me loves how this is playing out. Of course I wasn’t born yet in 1963 when JFK was shot in Dallas. However, the Kennedy Family in America is close to royalty and my interest in this family was also induced by my love in reading about history. Especially PT 109 intrigued me.…

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  August 23, 2024

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Modern American History

  1963, candidate, critical, decisions, Democrat, election, endorsement, historian, history, Kennedy, Liberal, politics, presidency, Primary, promises, PT 109, Republican, RFK, Secret Service, strategy, support, suspend, tickets, trump, voting, WW2

• A Line of Birthdays

  I am not certain that we celebrated all together very many times. Papaw Freddy’s older brother, Horace was born on the 21st, the day after mine. So literally once I arrived the line got even longer. It was me then Horace, his grandsons, and then his daughter in laws. That is four Alsman Birthdays in…

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  January 23, 2024

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Band of Brothers, birthdays, books, Family, fiction, Grandpa, grandparents, Happy Birthday, Hilltop Restaurant, history, line of birthdays, meals, memories, Spencer, WW2

• A Pearl Harbor Spy

  December 6th the day before chaos erupted on the Hawaiian Islands. I used to think only about the day of the massacre and nearly forgot about the day before. What were people doing before the kamikaze Japs unloaded their frustrations onto the American and Hawaiian people? We know now that Japanese spies were asking questions…

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  December 6, 2023

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, God’s Timing

  contacts, decisions, Germans, Hawaii, intelligence, Japanese, Nazi Spy, ncis, Pearl Harbor, photo, photography-2, questions, the day before, travel, U.S. Fleet, WW2

• Christmas Movies

  Tonight was the debut for the ‘My Christmas Hero’ it is the perfect answer to the lack of empathy from this current administration. The Great American Christmas channel has been making wholesome movies and this one is high on my list this year. Being the granddaughter of a World War 2 soldier who was fortunate…

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  November 24, 2023

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History, Uncategorized

  christmas movie, crying, heros, servicemen, servicewomen, Veterans, WW2

• Today is Veterans Day!

  Earlier I watched an interview with Gary Sinise. The movie Forrest Gump is a rated R movie so my parents had the movie, but they kept it up out of our hands. This movie has always been an emotional, thought-provoking and poignant, American classic. Tom Hanks was initially my favorite actor of the movie through…

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  November 11, 2023

  American Heritage, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  American classic, Band of Brothers, Forrest Gump, thank you, Veterans Day, WW2

• Honoring Veterans Day

  Starting this week I may have a lot of Veterans day articles and messages out. It is very personal for me to do so. Specifically when America’s young people don’t know about the Holocaust or what our nations finest did to serve our Country in World War II or really any war. I have direct…

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  October 30, 2023

  American Heritage, Are These American Ideals Gone?, Extraordinary People With Common Sense, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  duty, God Country Family, grandparents, interviews, service, stories, Veterans, Vietnam, WW2, young people

• More Heirlooms & Goosebumps

  Over the years I have seen Grandma bring out little boxes that she has stowed items in. The insignia’s Grandpa wore on his service uniforms Dad brought them home from the house today. Everyone knows my interest in these things, but Dad is also showing his want for us to keep them in the family.…

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  September 26, 2023

  American Heritage, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  family heirlooms, General George C Marshall, Grandpa, insignia, Servicetime, training, trench knife, WW2

• Walking Through History In Letters

  Dates are always going off in my head. July 23, 1944 is one of those ‘days of infamy’ in my mind. So this year as usual dates of the letters come to mind when the dates circle round. Today Monday, 17, 2023 is on a Monday like it was in 1944 when Grandpa penciled two…

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  July 17, 2023

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing, Modern American History

  1944, Family, grandparents, history, letters, love, memories, time, writing, WW2

• An American Soldier’s Post Card

  Sweetheart Just for yourself I love YOU for the things you do. For your sunny smiles and happy ways your heart that’s always True Some win their way with favors or treasures they may own But you are dear to me SWEETHEART for your Dear Self alone. Fort Leonard Wood, MO From what I have…

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  July 3, 2023

  American Heritage, Family, God’s Timing

  Fort Leonard Wood, handwritting, letters, love, postcard, WW2