This cheekily written “letter” to the folks back home painted a relaxed and happy picture of what Christmas would look like for the men stationed in Hawaii over the Christmas of 1944. The writer is unknown, but given its original owner, it may have originated somewhere within the Tenth Army Headquarters. Below, the letter is […]
Tag: Military History
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In Flanders Fields In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short days ago We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow, Loved and were loved, and […]