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Such beautiful flowers that go with the poem. What memories you must have of those days that were vital to our lives as distant as today. Glad you made it out of that time alright.
posted by
mariss9
on July 10, 2012 at 8:57 AM
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Re: Re: adnohr
Still wouldn't be far enough for my peace of mind, C.C.
posted by
adnohr
on July 9, 2012 at 1:14 PM
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Re: Naut
Thank you Naut as I said to Lion it is how it felt it happen.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 9, 2012 at 8:05 AM
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Re: Bill
Pretty filthy colour war Bill
posted by
C_C_T
on July 9, 2012 at 8:03 AM
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Re: lion
Thank you lion, it happens
posted by
C_C_T
on July 9, 2012 at 8:02 AM
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Re: Jay
Well Jay a lot of your ancestors trace roots back to the old country it would have been a downer for us and probably in those days Common wealth countries which I suspect would have presented a target for the victors,
posted by
C_C_T
on July 9, 2012 at 8:01 AM
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CCT
ZY The colors of the garden look prettier than those of war sir. BC-A, Bill’s R®st
posted by
BC-A
on July 9, 2012 at 6:19 AM
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that is a superb sad poem
posted by
lionreign
on July 9, 2012 at 3:45 AM
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CCT
Your childhood memories of the war are touching! And your poem is so full of a sweet sadness that it almost takes my breath away...
posted by
Nautikos
on July 9, 2012 at 2:20 AM
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There were many over here who thought America had given up on you guys too at that time. I watched a movie where pilots from the US would go to England and fly spitfires and hurricanes when we heard you were running short on pilots. I feel a great closeness with England. I think many Americans do as well...God save the Queen.
posted by
UtahJay
on July 9, 2012 at 12:24 AM
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Hi CC, life in the concentration camp can be frightening I'm sure CC especially for a kid. the flowers are gorgeous CC.
posted by
shobana
on July 8, 2012 at 11:30 PM
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Re: CCT
Yes folk soon forget Wiley, but if that war had been lost, well the world would have been an oyster, Jack boots in Canada etc.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 8, 2012 at 10:27 PM
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Sometimes it does the same for me FS. Don't be late.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 8, 2012 at 10:23 PM
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Re:Kabu
I was not much of a hero Kabu, but I suppose even a worm can turn.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 8, 2012 at 10:21 PM
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Re: Pat
Pat it was just those old photos that Jay showed jolted me back to that fateful day when
America declared war on the enemy.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 8, 2012 at 10:19 PM
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Yes OK Sam don't tell your daughter. Strangely enough as I read in the paper yesterday there is no shortage of young lads wishing to get in a fighting zone. I think they play too many games on computers.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 8, 2012 at 10:16 PM
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Re: adnohr
Twenty odd miles of water was our saviour in those days.
posted by
C_C_T
on July 8, 2012 at 10:09 PM
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posted by
C_C_T
on July 8, 2012 at 10:07 PM
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I don't even want to imagine what it would be like living in a country with the war so close.
posted by
adnohr
on July 8, 2012 at 7:15 PM
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You are right that there is no footprint in common clay, and I like the depth of the meaning too! Just today I was sitting on my patio when a jet bomber went overhead in a training exercise and I instantly thought of those who were caught up in war and wondered how they managed to get through it! You answered me rather profoundly in that one prepares for the worst and the feeling of being abandoned has to be the worst part of it all! I will keep in touch with you, you mean a great deal to me and I doubt I would survive not communicating with you! I plan to take you up on the offer! LOL! sam 
posted by
sam444
on July 8, 2012 at 3:16 PM
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I remember seeing newsreels of the blitz in London
and reading stories of the bomb shelters. We knew our uncles and older cousins were in the war to save Britain - we read stories about the children - some of our teachers had relatives in London. It sometimes all seems so long ago, and at other times not so much. Don't you just love that boy, standing fast in the face of it all. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on July 8, 2012 at 12:57 PM
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it is most interesting to read about a child's thoughts from the war years
I was born at the end just before the fall of Berlin. Adults don't always understand how much their children suffer. I can understand that boy wanting to protect those he loved by becoming a bandit in the Hills.
posted by
Kabu
on July 8, 2012 at 10:06 AM
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I cannot imagine what one went through during World War II...The second poem made me feel sad inside.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on July 8, 2012 at 9:48 AM
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CCT
Very sad remberences of a child living through fear and torment.Of course we heard it all on the radio as we sat and worried if Michael ,Terry and Joe would come back but only Mike didn't make it. He flew in the RAF and was kiiled over the Himalayas. Loved the flowers and poem my friend,
posted by
WileyJohn
on July 8, 2012 at 9:01 AM
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