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Retirement Home Bands Together To Bring WWII Stories To Life -- MSNBC
In the new book ‘World War II Remembered’ residents recount a revolutionary time of change and growth.
HANOVER — More than 70 years after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, many residents of a retirement community in picturesque Hanover, N.H., still remember exactly where they were. They’ll sit down with you, and if you have a minute to spare, they’ll even show you their black and white pictures.
Some were in college; some heard about Pearl Harbor from co-workers. And while the memories are still crisp, they know that their generation, and their generation’s stories, is slowly disappearing.
“If these things are not put down on paper very shortly they are not going to get down on paper,” said Hanover native Mary Jenkins, who lived on an army base in Kansas with her husband during WWII. “All of us are in our 80s and 90s.”
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My Comment: One of the big regrets that I have in my life is that I did not spend more time with my father in talking about his experiences during the Second World War, and writing it all down. Sighhh .... memories lost forever.
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