Happy Holidays to all! ...
March wrap-up
2 days ago
Just a pause in the diary entries to come to the present and wish you a Merry Christmas! I've done a little decorating! Come on in out of the cold and take a look. . . Terry brought home these beautiful roses, he knows I love these white'blush little buds, and I added some greenery collected from my walk around the lake. I...
So much happening, with shopping, running into friends, soldiers and mom shares real emotion! Read on to see how she spent her day "suit shopping" "those precious boys" Sweet, mom! ...
I can't imagine how she could talk about all the other Marines she is seeing or plans to see after he had just proposed to her! Wished I had a copy of that letter, but I found this one. . . Sounds so like her, sensible, huh? And so young. Who do you suppose this was? ...
We had left off, before I digressed, on Dec 1, 1942. Tony had to apologize, there was "petting in the park", some alcohol and someone sleeping on the lawn! That all must explain why Dec 2 and 3rd were blank pages! Those girls! Imagine! Well, let's go on. . . it gets better! Mom sure always made it a point to make it...
I came home from work the other morning and found an interesting picture that grabbed me as I walked through the kitchen. Lying on the counter was an old New York Times magazine opened to this picture Terry had found this magazine from 1995 commemorating V-E Day's 50th anniversary. It was at his mom's. Saved by her because Terry's dad, Joe, was on...
November ends and brings in December with Frank and Tony hot on their heels! Read on for the weekend that leaves Tony apologizing! Tony left mom a picture she says, could this be him? She mentions a "very pretty" Christmas card she got to send? to a Marine. Well, this one was in her shoebox in an unadressed envelope, maybe. . . some...
It was all talk about their Marines! . . . and not much else of Thanksgiving. And she mentions work. I found a letter she had written, a draft, that was never sent. It is to Klyne (yes, Katie, you are right). I was also anxious to find out how she to writes to him after his very "excited" letters we've seen. She...
Letters! Some of you may have heard that mom kept a shoebox full of soldiers letters well hidden away. Well, it was discovered not long ago! When mom was confronted with her stash, she was a little flustered at the quantity of admiring letters that were in the shoebox! We never went through them, but gave her a little tease and they were...
General Zhukov He was the most decorated general officer in the history of the Soviet Union and Russia. He launched a counteroffensive attack that encircled the entire German 6th Army, the single largest Nazi troop formation of the time. It was November 19th, 1942. Mom made note of it in her diary. But, not before a perfectly ordinary and not so wonderful day:...
