Thank for Francoise Gourronc for this post that is timely not only because tomorrow is Armistice Day/Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day but because so many people's lives are still affected by wars past and present. My grandfather was a chaplain in France in World War One and my father was stationed in France in World War Two. I never knew my grandfather. Like many of his generation and since, my father never spoke of what he experienced during the war. Thank you for sharing the stories of your grandfathers and your great uncle. May we remember.
I love the way Europe doesn't forget the wars. In every small French town I visit, I look for the Monument aux Morts de la Guerre, and am always moved at the solemn statues above a list of the names of every single person who died in wars since the Great War. Among the names in World War I, you sometimes see three or four of the same surnames -- brothers, cousins, perhaps fathers and sons -- who all died.
This essay is another way that helps us remember how the war affected entire families, and for generations. Thank you!
Thank you for your personal reflection on the ravages of the 20th century wars. There were horrendous sacrifices made by the men who died and the men who lived. My father was in the US Army Air Corps in the South Pacific in WWII. He flew on rescue missions.
My uncle was on a US ship in the South Pacific that was sunk by a kamikaze pilot. He survived only because he was on deck, and was rescued in oily water that was on fire! His ship was sunk the day FDR died.
My cousins and I, our children and grandchildren, exist because they survived.
Thank you for sharing the toll that the wars exacted on your ancestors when they were young and innocent.
Thank for Francoise Gourronc for this post that is timely not only because tomorrow is Armistice Day/Remembrance Day/Veteran's Day but because so many people's lives are still affected by wars past and present. My grandfather was a chaplain in France in World War One and my father was stationed in France in World War Two. I never knew my grandfather. Like many of his generation and since, my father never spoke of what he experienced during the war. Thank you for sharing the stories of your grandfathers and your great uncle. May we remember.
This is wonderful, Francoise!
I love the way Europe doesn't forget the wars. In every small French town I visit, I look for the Monument aux Morts de la Guerre, and am always moved at the solemn statues above a list of the names of every single person who died in wars since the Great War. Among the names in World War I, you sometimes see three or four of the same surnames -- brothers, cousins, perhaps fathers and sons -- who all died.
This essay is another way that helps us remember how the war affected entire families, and for generations. Thank you!
Thank you for your personal reflection on the ravages of the 20th century wars. There were horrendous sacrifices made by the men who died and the men who lived. My father was in the US Army Air Corps in the South Pacific in WWII. He flew on rescue missions.
My uncle was on a US ship in the South Pacific that was sunk by a kamikaze pilot. He survived only because he was on deck, and was rescued in oily water that was on fire! His ship was sunk the day FDR died.
My cousins and I, our children and grandchildren, exist because they survived.
Thank you for sharing the toll that the wars exacted on your ancestors when they were young and innocent.
Thank you Francoise! May we all try to comprehend the horrors of war and try our damnedest to end it .