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Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

printer5 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:25:11 -0000

I'll try to visit that site, it seems to be pretty interesting scanning our origins.

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Dan Leo — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:41:28 -0000

Thanks for the offer! I don't have a scanner, but when I get one that would be a nice thing to do.

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

WW2 Letters — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:35:56 -0000

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.

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

WW2 Letters — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 01:34:58 -0000

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.

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

kate omelia — Wed, 14 Nov 2007 12:25:44 -0000

hi

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

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Dianne Leo — Fri, 29 Jun 2007 23:09:39 -0000

Type your comment here.
Loved reading about your Dad. He soundslike a great guy. Dianne

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Dan Leo — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 17:02:03 -0000

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.

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Nicole — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 16:37:27 -0000

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.

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Dan Leo — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 14:01:14 -0000

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

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Kevin Wolf — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 11:53:34 -0000

V-discs I'd heard of but never V-mail. Thanks for explaining that.

And thanks very much for sharing these letters.

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Dan Leo — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 06:08:36 -0000

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.

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

M.A. Peel — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:30:43 -0000

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.

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kate — Sun, 17 Jun 2007 18:07:02 -0000

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

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Tom Watson — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 21:52:06 -0000

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!

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Dan Leo — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:44:32 -0000

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.

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Tony Alva — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:58:54 -0000

A fitting tribute to your pop on this father's day. Well done indeed.

Re: My DadÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Letters from WW II

Self Styled Siren — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 10:39:34 -0000

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.