Comments on: Changing Geography

By: Ketty Lee

Ketty Lee — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 18:25:56 +0000

My grandparents were a war, when they were told some of the events of the war – I was crying, but they made it with dignity. I am proud of them. There is small such strong people who would be able to take the war to survive, raise children and grandchildren.

By: Dick

Dick — Tue, 01 Jan 2008 08:02:24 +0000

This is fascinating stuff, the more so for its artlessness.

jb says: Absolutely, Dick. I was reminded of some of the slave narratives for just that reason. It is so seldom we are allowed to view unedited material.

By: susangalique

susangalique — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 22:38:54 +0000

I work in the archives in my city and for a treat I will find a quiet corner and pull out the war correspondence box and sift through it.

I bet this book is interesting. We have the diary and letters of one of my aunts and her sweethearts from WWI. After she got the notice of his death she succumbed to the flu in the great influenza epidemic.

Happy New Year

jb says: Happy New Year, susangalique. Thanks for the input.

By: May

May — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:01:40 +0000

I remember reading, many years ago, a card that my grandfather sent to his family during World War I, when he was a soldier. He was only a teenager at the time, being born in December 1898 and that card was a cry for help, written nonetheless with much dignity.