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
War is unlike life. It's a denial of everything you learn life is. And that's why when you get finished with it, you see that if offers no lessons that can't be bettered learned in civilian life. You are exposed to horrors you would sooner forget.
Robert GraffTag: war combat wwii-history
...the experience of battle forever divides those who talk of nothing else but its prospect from those who talk of everything else but its memory.
James D. HornfischerTag: war battle combat wwii-history
I really should be studying now, but you're much more important to me than a .50 calibre machine gun.
Kara MartinelliTag: humor love letters longing air-force wwii-history
Ari: The serial number was now my new name. I was dehumanized. I was branded like an animal, but was treated worse. This is what racism can do to people.
Christopher HuhTag: prejudice racism wwii-fiction wwii-history
Eventually, a Soviet general sat down in the empty seat next to Howley. Rank-conscious, the Russian visibly shuddered when he realized he was sitting next to someone of much lower position. 'I see you're a colonel,' he said through an interpreter. Howley looked up from his plate and grumbled, 'I see you're a general. Here, have some salami.
Andrei ChernyTag: rank wwii-history
World War II ended in a battle for a single buildng, Germany's Reichstag...7,000 German troops defending the building...Nearly 5,000 men died in a battle for the building.
Andrei ChernyTag: war wwii-history
Ad they entered Berlin, while still killing off the last of its German defenders, The Russians indulged in an orgy of rape and rage beyond the bounds of human Imagination. Over the course of ten days, about 130,000 women were raped---
Andrei ChernyTag: rape wwii-history
Five thousand boys and girls under the age of sixteen were estimated to have fought in the defense of Berlin. Five hundred survived.
Andrei ChernyTag: wwii-history casualty
The president didn't ask me any questions. But I'm glad he didn't, because I was so shocked watching him that I don't think I could have made a sesible reply.' He turned to look Byrnes squarely in the eye. 'We've been talking to a dying man.
Andrei ChernyTag: wwii-history franklin-d-roosevelt lucius-clay
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