Our War
This blog is about my new Civil War history, Our War: Days and Events in the Fight for the Union.
Friday, October 10, 2014
15. 'We’ll never be completely happy again'
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Shortly after the death of their 5-year-old daughter Bonnie , my parents left New England for Florida, seeking a new start in a new place. ...
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
14. 'Her life was early spent, but not in vain'
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Bonnie Pride, summer of '48. Dad and Bonnie, on his homecoming, 1945. My sister Bonnie (Elizabeth Jeanette Pride) was born in 1...
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Saturday, October 4, 2014
13. 'I can’t even conceive being in your arms again'
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Dad at home in Connecticut with Bonnie, fall 1945 The soldier’s lament “Hurry up and wait” certainly must have occurred to my father du...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
12. 'Everyone over here is talking about that new high explosive bomb we are using on Japan'
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Luzon in the Philippines. The national capital, Manila, is the harbor in the southwest. Baguio, the summer capital to which my father onc...
Sunday, September 28, 2014
11. 'The navy gets the best of everything'
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On his return to his outfit from convalescent camp, my dad expected to see the graves of some of his comrades. Of the war he wrote: “ ...
Thursday, September 25, 2014
10. A day at the beach
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Hollandia, where Dad recuperated from his wound, was on the north-central coast of New Guinea. Dad had been elsewhere on the island duri...
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