You can thank my brother Mike. He's completely unlike me. For one thing, he's responsible. If it were up to me, those old letters would probably be rotting at Chrin landfill. But he preserved everything. It's all in nice three ring binders. He even has labels and plastic paper protectors.
Those eight posts are more instructive than anything I've written in nearly one thousand entries on this blog. I thought I'd group them together for those of you who stumble across this blog over Christmas. You can read about some Americans who spent their 1944 Christmas crammed in boxcars with no food or water.
Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays!
A Christmas Present From Kurt Vonnegut
O'Hare's WWII Diary: "We are Being Looked After Like Pet Children by the Russians"
O'Hare's WWII Diary: Still No Word About Dresden Firebombing
Americans are Prima, not Schwein
O'Hare's WWII Diary: Half-Starved Soldier Worries About Brother in South Pacific
Battle of the Bulge: Language Error May Have Saved Lives
O'Hare's WWII Diary: A Final Glimpse at a Time When We Were "Prima"
O'Hare Describes WWII Firing Squad: "German Justice Taking Its Usual Course . . ."
6 comments:
this has been some of your best work ever Bernie and considering your fierce blogging record, that says something.
I agree, and that's because my dad and Vonnegut did most of the writing.
Happy Christmas my friend. Thank you for sharing your Dad's and Vonnegut's writing.
Merry CHristmas Bernie, and thanks for what you do.
Merry Christmas Bernie! Thanks so much for sharing your dad's and Vonnegut's writings with us.
ditto to all posted here! Merry Christmas to you and yours. larry@kisslinger.com
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