From my extensive "WWII" folder is the front page of the World War II newspaper from Camp Gordon, Georgia. The complete newspaper is in my hard copy vertical file and being saved for posterity. As I age and move on in life, I find the WWII era to be a fascinating time I experienced as a young boy of 10. The sacrifices families endured during those years were fraught with fear and anxiety. I have enhanced the graphic with the red, white and blue.
HI TOM.....HAVING LIVED THROUGH THAT ERA YOU DESCRIBED. I CAN SAY WE WERE NOT SURE IF OR WHEN WE WOULD BE CALLED FOR MILITARY SERVICE. MOST MEN WITH FAMILIES WERE DRAFTED IN SOME SECTIONS OF THE CITY, WHILE IN OTHER SECTIONS, SINGLE MEN WERE AVAILABLE. IT SEEMED THAT SYSTEM WAS'NT FAIR. I WAS 25 YEARS OLD WHEN CALLED, WITH A FAMILY. I DON'T REGRET THE TIME I SPENT IN THE NAVY BUT IT WAS A BURDEN ON THE FAMILY. THANK GOD I AND MANY OTHERS PULLED THROUGH. LET'S HOPE FOR BETTER TIMES. REGARDS AND BEST WISHES.
ReplyDeleteWELL SAID, RALPH. BACK IN THE LATE 40'S AND EARLY 50'S, WE ALL HAD AN OBLIGATION TO SERVE. THERE WERE A NUMBER OF MY BUDDIES WHO NEVER WENT INTO SERVICE AND I WONDERED WHY I WAS SENT UNCLE SAM'S "GREETINGS" AND SERVED, AND THEY DIDN'T. THEY WERE ALL "1-A" AND I KNOW THAT WASN'T THE REASON.
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