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C.C.T.
Thank God she did. It was far worse for you guys than for us but as a child I was afraid and I am sure you were. So sad what you had to go through there. God bless you.
posted by
Justi
on March 27, 2012 at 9:00 AM
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Imagination gets to you Justi I know how you must've felt, my little sister at the time was not old enough to have a proper gas mask and someone in their wisdom had devised something that looked like a Mickey Mouse face with a flap that vibrated up-and-down, I used to worry that she would be afraid of it and never keep it on, your story reminded me thank you.
posted by
C_C_T
on March 26, 2012 at 11:55 PM
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Kabu
I lived in a city where my father worked in an ammunitions plant. There was not all the sophisticated tracking stuff as today. They did not know it would not be bombed. So we began practicing making the place, whole city, dark. It never became a daily thing but many feared it would.
posted by
Justi
on March 26, 2012 at 9:48 PM
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Justi
A wonderful read and I remember the war years too with my 3 brothers overseas and Mike never came back.
posted by
WileyJohn
on March 26, 2012 at 8:05 PM
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I really enjoyed this and can remember the trouble I made for myself when I
was very young.
Too much terror for a wee baby girl though to have to deal with, bombs and black outs and places near by like London being bombed.
I must ask why it was so vital in the beginning to have the house blacked out on Thursdays 7--midnight!
posted by
Kabu
on March 26, 2012 at 5:53 PM
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What a great story! Sometimes we are too young to grasp it all but the lessons stay with us! sam
posted by
sam444
on March 26, 2012 at 1:48 PM
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As a history major I enjoyed reading this entry. It's interesting to read primary accounts of the war, the draft, etc.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on March 26, 2012 at 10:33 AM
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This is simply a marvelous story, and a great read for everyone.
posted by
UtahJay
on March 26, 2012 at 10:22 AM
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Justi
Cute, touching and utterly delightful! You have beautifully captured that little girl's wonder, excitement and anxiety...
posted by
Nautikos
on March 26, 2012 at 5:59 AM
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