After the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, the United States entered into World War II to protect our way of life and to help liberate those who had fallen under the Axis occupation. The country rallied to produce one of the largest war efforts in history. Young men volunteered to join the Armed Forces, while others were drafted. Women went to work in factories and took military jobs. Everyone collected their used cooking grease and metals to be used for munitions. They rationed gas and groceries. Factories now were producing airplanes, weapons, and military vehicles. They all wanted to do their part. And they did, turning America into a war machine. The nation was in full support to help our boys win the war and come home quickly.
Grandpa wanted to do his part too.
Tag: family history wwii community ancestry
When I opened the box, I had to remove myself from whose handwriting it was that I was reading and whose story I was hearing. I had to, or I never would have made it past the first letter. If I stopped to think about my Grandpa writing to my Grandma, knowing how much he loved her and how many years he spent without her after her death, I knew I wouldn’t be able to make it through just one letter without an onslaught of tears. And it was Grandpa, a voice I knew so well. One that I miss terribly.
Kara MartinelliTag: friendship love ancestry longing wwii-history
Our names were made for us in another century.
Richard BrautiganTag: freedom time names ancestry
It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa.
Tahir ShahTag: africa ancestry middle-east
Liberalism, contrary to popular belief, is facing backward in considering the injustice of its ancestors. Conservatism, contrary to popular belief, is facing forward in considering the psychology of its descendants. Definitively, it seems in the modern world that neither side really knows which direction it's facing, and men of the sharpest judgment are simply turned off from picking either of the poisons.
Criss JamiTag: injustice perspective liberalism direction conservatism ancestry backwards descendant different-perspective forwards
We were kids without fathers, so we found our fathers on wax and on the streets and in history, and in a way, that was a gift. We got to pick and choose the ancestors who would inspire the world we were going to make for ourselves.
Jay-ZTag: art inspiration abandonment ancestry fathers
I come from a long line of miserable people.
Arlene SchindlerTag: humor family funny ancestry funny-but-true miserable sad-but-funny miserable-at-best
When we illuminate the road back to our ancestors, they have a way of reaching out, of manifesting themselves...sometimes even physically.
Raquel CepedaTag: life inspirational journey spirituality ancestry illumination ancestors manifestation journey-in-life mythos
Individually, every grain of sand brushing against my hands represents a story, an experience, and a block for me to build upon for the next generation.
Raquel CepedaTag: inspiration life-experience journey ancestry ancestors sand build morocco trekking building-blocks sahara spiritual-journey sahara-desert globe-trotting trek
The Dominican Republic is my holy land, my Mecca.
Raquel CepedaTag: dominican-republic ancestry traveling holy-land traveller spiritual-journey ancestral-land
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