User talk:Ms0035

War and Peace
'I remember the 2nd World War. Every Saturday, we kids went to the movies. There was a newsreel showing Europe. The countries that were overrun by the Nazis were shown in black. Every week the black areas got bigger and bigger'. It seemed that they were unstoppable. I was terrified. I listened to Short Wave radio and towns around me had the same names as towns in England. I never told anyone about my fear. I would hear "Worcester is being buzz bombs". Keeping my fears inside was not the healthy. We had blackout curtains and air raids.The streetlights were painted black so german planes would not see anything.We learned thayt a German Sub,marine had entered Boston harbor. Finally, with a great loss of life' there was the Normandy invasion and VE day came.

Then, the atom bomb and VJ Day.. At last I started to lose the ball of fear that was like a knot in m,y stomach.On Pearl Harbor Day, my 18 year old uncle enlisted in the navy. Within a few weekls he was a tail gunner flying off the Belleau Wood. He completed 17 missions. In Boston, on Saturday night, everyone had beans and frankfurts. That's why I remember this so vividly. We were all around the table eating beans and frankfurts. There was a knock on the door. Right away my grandmother started to scream. My father went to the door and a Naval officer was there to tell us that our Robert was shot down and the plane blew up.He was a large part of my world.I remember him throwing me up in the air as he was leaving for nboot camp.

There have been many articles concerning the use of the atom bomb. i have no problem with that. It was estimated that almost 200,00 Americans would lose there lives. if Japan was invaded. No more lives lost was then and now my feeling. The Japanese were given 3 chances to surrender and were shown the bestructive power of the new bomb. They refused.

So, the war was over. My heart was light for the first time in my life I was free of fear.It was summer. I don't remember how old I was. The news paper came and I opened it to the headlines announcing the Korean War. I can tell you with complete truth, that I almost Passed out.Now I am older and I know that there will always be wars and brutality somewhere in the world.(====} t