tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81299832817645667642024-02-19T14:46:35.358+10:00Shades of FrostThe journey, not the destination, is all important. This is my adventure following the things that take my interest and spike my curiosity. I am passionate about the creative process which can be applied to every area of life. Janishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185044028730507320noreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129983281764566764.post-69354573598788120942012-04-12T16:17:00.000+10:002014-11-12T06:22:59.193+10:00Letters Home WWII (20) October 9 1945 The Final Letter home.<span style="font-size: large;">This is Dad's final letter home to his parents in 1945. He then had to wait 6 months before Mum was to join him in the USA.</span><br />
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<br />Janishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185044028730507320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129983281764566764.post-73480312954335789542012-04-12T09:52:00.000+10:002012-04-12T09:52:34.261+10:00Letters Home WWII (19) September 24 1945<br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Dad now enjoying some home cooked meals. Mum still maintains that she couldn't cook and that Dad had to teach her. Ain't love grand!</span><br />
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<br />Janishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185044028730507320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129983281764566764.post-64429309207236906932012-03-24T07:19:00.000+10:002012-03-24T07:19:18.651+10:00Letters Home WWII (18) September 12 1945<span style="font-size: large;">Mum and Dad living in Brisbane.</span><br />
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<br />Janishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185044028730507320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129983281764566764.post-65941570737870141382012-03-22T15:02:00.000+10:002012-03-22T15:02:42.791+10:00Letters Home WWII (17) August 11 1945<span style="font-size: large;">Dad doesn't say much of anything in this letter. He's using the <a href="http://www.blogger.com/goog_1613493231"><b>V-mail</b>, short for <b>Victory Mail</b>, is a hybrid mail</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V-mail"> process used during the Second World War in America as the primary and secure method to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad. To reduce the logistics of transferring an original letter across the military postal system, a V-mail letter would be censored, copied to film, and printed back to paper upon arrival at its destination. </a></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">He talks about saving money for a furlough and how easy it is to save because he spends so little on the few extras he needs. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">Dad never talks about the horrors of war or the terror he must have felt as he drove his truck from the boats onto the beaches while being strafed by enemy aircraft overhead. It was only many years later that we heard the stories and understood how this fresh faced young man was forever changed by war.</span><span class="st"><em></em> </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">When I read this article I couldn't resist putting it in now. The year is 1938 and it's Dad's last year of High School. I'm not sure who wrote the article but it sounds very much like his sister Grace. Someone in the family might know. A short 3 years after this and he was in the army. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">I love Grandma's added bit at the end for Dad's sisters. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">At the end of the letter Grandma has written a comment before the letters were sent on to other family members. </span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;">The condition of the letter and envelope is perfect. All his letters had either a censor stamp or seal on them. So glad Grandma saved these letters. Unfortunately the ones he received from Grandma and Mum have all been destroyed.</span>Janishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07185044028730507320noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8129983281764566764.post-25656926810347336202012-01-29T09:01:00.000+10:002012-01-29T09:01:08.948+10:00It's been over a year<span style="font-size: large;">It's been over a year since I last blogged and my return is due to my Dad once again. He died 13 months ago and Mum and I miss him so much. In an effort to declutter the house we have discovered so many hidden gems that Dad and Mum have refused to throw out over the years. The treasures we have found include letters that Dad wrote to his parents during WWII from Australia, memorabilia from his school days which date back 82 years, newspaper clippings, old Western union telegrams and many more things. My cousin Martha asked if I could post the letters on my blog and yes Martha I plan to do so. I'm in the process of scanning them all into the computer at the moment. This process could take awhile. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">While watching an old home movie that Dad had transferred to video many years ago and I have since had transferred to DVD, I managed to capture a still of Dad from the video. I believe the home movie was taken in Ballarat Victoria Australia. Dad was stationed in Australia and New Guinea during the 4 years of his foreign service. I think he was about 23 or 24 here. </span><br />
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