Christmas 1944

[Jeff Westover]

The story of Christmas 1944 was started on D-Day — June 6th, 1944. With the invasion at Normandy everyone then knew for sure that Christmas of that year would certainly be different. That same argument could somewhat be made for Christmas 1943 or Christmas 1942. Those war years of Christmas were full of uncertainty and separation as well. But the invasion made everything that Christmas of 1944 quite different. It was dangerous. Loved ones were not only away from home they were in harm’s way. Months at a time would go by without a letter. Exact locations were unknown. No one knew not when their loved ones were coming home — they didn’t know IF they were coming home. ThatRead more

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[ejagno]

Thank you so much for sharing this with us. This was very touching and certainly reminds us all of how grateful we should all be for what we have and exactly how blessed we truly are. Again, thank you!

 

[happy2bme]

Thank you for sharing this.

 

[housewife2]

thanks for posting this