Comments on: My Dad’s Letters from WW II http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/ culture blogging for the good of the planet Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:13:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-118678 Dan Leo Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:41:28 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-118678 Thanks for the offer! I don't have a scanner, but when I get one that would be a nice thing to do. Thanks for the offer! I don’t have a scanner, but when I get one that would be a nice thing to do.

]]> By: WW2 Letters http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-118677 WW2 Letters Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:35:56 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-118677 Lovely blog story. An excellent read and a suitable tribute. Perhaps you will consider putting all your fathers letters in full on-line with scans of the orginal if possible as it would be an excellent resource for students during a history project etc… and also people looking for stories of their own loved ones that perhaps your father served with. See http://ww2.war-letters.com We`d be delighted if you did. Lovely blog story. An excellent read and a suitable tribute.

Perhaps you will consider putting all your fathers letters in full on-line with scans of the orginal if possible as it would be an excellent resource for students during a history project etc… and also people looking for stories of their own loved ones that perhaps your father served with.

See http://ww2.war-letters.com We`d be delighted if you did.

]]> By: WW2 Letters http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-118676 WW2 Letters Fri, 01 Aug 2008 05:34:58 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-118676 Lovely blog story. An excellent read and a suitable tribute. Perhaps you will consider putting all your fathers letters in full on-line with scans of the orginal if possible as it would be an excellent resource for students during a history project etc... and also people looking for stories of their own loved ones that perhaps your father served with. See http://ww2.war-letters.com We`d be delighted if you did. Lovely blog story. An excellent read and a suitable tribute.

Perhaps you will consider putting all your fathers letters in full on-line with scans of the orginal if possible as it would be an excellent resource for students during a history project etc… and also people looking for stories of their own loved ones that perhaps your father served with.

See http://ww2.war-letters.com We`d be delighted if you did.

]]> By: kate omelia http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-45116 kate omelia Wed, 14 Nov 2007 17:25:44 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-45116 hi ur dad sounds like a really good man!! id say he would be very proud of you! hi

ur dad sounds like a really good man!!
id say he would be very proud of you!

]]> By: Dianne Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-6788 Dianne Leo Sat, 30 Jun 2007 03:09:39 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-6788 Type your comment here. Loved reading about your Dad. He soundslike a great guy. Dianne Type your comment here.
Loved reading about your Dad. He soundslike a great guy. Dianne

]]> By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-6046 Dan Leo Tue, 19 Jun 2007 21:02:03 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-6046 Ah, Nicole, I do appreciate it. But the thanks should go to the untold thousands of men and women like my dad who did their part. I only wanted to get some little part of his story out there, in his words. I'm so glad your parents came through, and I know my dad, as humble as he was, would have appreciated your kind words. Ah, Nicole, I do appreciate it. But the thanks should go to the untold thousands of men and women like my dad who did their part. I only wanted to get some little part of his story out there, in his words. I’m so glad your parents came through, and I know my dad, as humble as he was, would have appreciated your kind words.

]]> By: Nicole http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-6045 Nicole Tue, 19 Jun 2007 20:37:27 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-6045 Your dad was a 22 year old soldier, and both my mom and dad were 15 year old kids hoping to survive in war-time Europe. I wouldn't be here today, without the men like your father. There aren't enough opportunities to say thank you...so Thank You. Your dad was a 22 year old soldier, and both my mom and dad were 15 year old kids hoping to survive in war-time Europe. I wouldn’t be here today, without the men like your father. There aren’t enough opportunities to say thank you…so Thank You.

]]> By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5953 Dan Leo Mon, 18 Jun 2007 18:01:14 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5953 Hey, Kevin, I owe it all to Wikipedia for that concise explanation of V-mail. The thing about those V-mails is they're so damn small, and just a little hard to read, 'cause the guys and gals writing them had to get everything on the one alloted page, which was then miniaturized to about 1/4 their original size. The photo-paper used though has really stood the test of time, a lot better than the stationery my dad used in his non-V-mail letters. I noticed in one of the V-mails that he's still asking for stamps and air-mail envelopes, so maybe the V-mail forms weren't always available. By the way, here's a really nice Wikipedia article on the V-Disc phenomenon : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc Hey, Kevin,
I owe it all to Wikipedia for that concise explanation of V-mail. The thing about those V-mails is they’re so damn small, and just a little hard to read, ’cause the guys and gals writing them had to get everything on the one alloted page, which was then miniaturized to about 1/4 their original size. The photo-paper used though has really stood the test of time, a lot better than the stationery my dad used in his non-V-mail letters. I noticed in one of the V-mails that he’s still asking for stamps and air-mail envelopes, so maybe the V-mail forms weren’t always available.

By the way, here’s a really nice Wikipedia article on the V-Disc phenomenon :

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-Disc

]]> By: Kevin Wolf http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5946 Kevin Wolf Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:53:34 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5946 V-discs I'd heard of but never V-mail. Thanks for explaining that. And thanks very much for sharing these letters. V-discs I’d heard of but never V-mail. Thanks for explaining that.

And thanks very much for sharing these letters.

]]> By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5925 Dan Leo Mon, 18 Jun 2007 10:08:36 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5925 Kate, Andrea, Jack, all the rest of the gang -- and especially Mom (Bud's wife) -- love yez too. Mrs. Peel: thanks a lot, and I look forward to Ken Burns's film. Kate, Andrea, Jack, all the rest of the gang — and especially Mom (Bud’s wife) — love yez too.

Mrs. Peel: thanks a lot, and I look forward to Ken Burns’s film.

]]> By: M.A. Peel http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5885 M.A. Peel Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:30:43 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5885 It is a privilege to read this personal correspondence. Thanks for allowing us. Ken Burns's 20-hour epic documentary on World War II is coming to PBS this fall. I saw some of it in progress--it follows the stories of 4 individual men, because personal experience is the most powerful way to explain the enormity of that war. You think there can't be anything new to say about WWII, but he has some amazing footage and stories. I recommend it. It is a privilege to read this personal correspondence. Thanks for allowing us.

Ken Burns’s 20-hour epic documentary on World War II is coming to PBS this fall. I saw some of it in progress–it follows the stories of 4 individual men, because personal experience is the most powerful way to explain the enormity of that war. You think there can’t be anything new to say about WWII, but he has some amazing footage and stories. I recommend it.

]]> By: kate http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5883 kate Sun, 17 Jun 2007 22:07:02 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5883 dan thank you. i love it. i am reading this at andrea's where we all just gathered to celebrate father's day with jack mcdonough and his family. mom read through the blog last night and cried. i love ya kate dan thank you.
i love it. i am reading this at andrea’s where we all just gathered to celebrate father’s day with jack mcdonough and his family. mom read through the blog last night and cried. i love ya
kate

]]> By: Tom Watson http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5804 Tom Watson Sun, 17 Jun 2007 01:52:06 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5804 Dan - thanks for sharing this. The Siren's right - that generation didn't fuss too much. They got on with it. Great book-end to Melissa's post too....hope the picture works! Dan - thanks for sharing this. The Siren’s right - that generation didn’t fuss too much. They got on with it. Great book-end to Melissa’s post too….hope the picture works!

]]> By: Dan Leo http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5785 Dan Leo Sat, 16 Jun 2007 20:44:32 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5785 Thanks, Siren and Tony. Thanks also to Melissa McEwan, whose recent piece here about her great grandfather inspired me to get out these old letters. Thanks, Siren and Tony.

Thanks also to Melissa McEwan, whose recent piece here about her great grandfather inspired me to get out these old letters.

]]> By: Tony Alva http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5774 Tony Alva Sat, 16 Jun 2007 18:58:54 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5774 A fitting tribute to your pop on this father's day. Well done indeed. A fitting tribute to your pop on this father’s day. Well done indeed.

]]> By: Self Styled Siren http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5756 Self Styled Siren Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:39:34 +0000 http://newcritics.com/blog1/2007/06/16/my-dad%e2%80%99s-letters-from-ww-ii/#comment-5756 So many of that generation were raised to just get on with it, no matter what life--or their country--demanded of them. Beautiful post. I wish you well this Father's Day. So many of that generation were raised to just get on with it, no matter what life–or their country–demanded of them. Beautiful post. I wish you well this Father’s Day.

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