Letters From a Soldier

In memory of my dad & uncle’s cousin Leonard who died a year and a half ago. In honor of his contribution in WWII and his bravery landing at Omaha Beach, June 6, 1944.

This is the 68th Anniversary of dropping the first nuclear weapon on people. This was the first day of the rest of our dangerous lives! http://lettersfromasoldier.com/edward_thomas/memphis/atomic_bomb_hiroshima_japan.php

I recently read about this remarkable woman. This German lady worked as a plumbing / sewer expert during World War II. She worked in the Warsaw Ghetto. She had firsthand knowledge of what the Germans were planning for the Jewish people. She mad it her job to smuggle small infants out of Poland. She lived to be 98 years old, and was up for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007. She lost to Al Gore who put up a remarkable movie on Global Warming. BUT, this lady did a remarkable Global Warming of her own, in saving over 2500 children and infants. To this lady I give her the Peace Prize.

I was at the Armada, Michigan Flea Market today, the first time I was able to take it all in, and I have been enjoying going there since I came back to Michigan in 1983. The weather has been unusually warm for a long period of time for a location this far north. I came across this newspaper from the Port Huron Times Herald. Since my uncle passed away in Port Huron (Fort Gratiot), Michigan I thought it appropriate to add Port Huron stories to the site.

April 14, 1945 Port Huron Times Herald headline of Harry Truman becoming 33rd President.

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One of my favorite letters my uncle wrote, tells the story of Christmas Eve listening to a live broadcast of Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Aleutians - Umnack Island

http://lettersfromasoldier.com/edward_thomas/aleutians/christmas_fdr_jan2_44.php

First snow - Thumb of Michigan - Dec. 2010

Weather plays a very important part in the outcome of any war. World War II was no different. This picture my wife took the
other day made me think of my uncle’s service while he was stationed in the Aleutians.

Battle of the Bulge

The Battle of the Bulge, Germany’s last attempt to stay alive was fought also in the middle of the winter.