Cowtown Pattie's Texas Trifles: meets Life and takes it by the horns - as seen through the eyes of a native Texan!
Pattie, You made me tear up. Rest in well earned peace, Mr. Hufstutler. God bless you, Mr. Griffith, and all the men who endured that hell.
How sad for your Cousin Oather and all who were subjected to the cruel conditions of WWII, no matter at whose hands. Horrific!Although "Bridge Over the River Kwai" didn't exist, when I was a kid, I did grow up listening to (on a 78 rpm record, before vinyl) and/or playing the Colonel Bogey March. It is a stirring piece.Cop Car
My father had orders to go to the Philippines but was pulled off and another Col. was sent in his stead. He was captures and eventually put on a ship for Japan that was sunk by an American sub. The Jap ship was unmarked as a POW ship. Dad spent the war in Europe and was on the New Jersey next to the Big MO on V-J day. A change of orders, a change of many lives. The affect on the children of soldiers is just now being studied.
Cop Car, I was surprised to learn that the music - the march- for the movie was not an original composed just for the film.Allen - that is an interesting story! How serendipitous things sometimes are...
A moving tribute to your family member to commemorate Veteran's Day. The WWII veterans numbers are rapidly dwindling. Whenever I encounter any service person who served in that war I say, "Thank you! If it hadn't been for you and other service people like you our country would not exist as we know it."What your relative went through was truly horrible. So many of those soldiers had their lives forever altered. Many suffered from PTSD but never received help since such a dignosis wasn't even known then.
I read a book recently about the Burma Theatre. It was absolutely brutal. It was not uncommon for fighting to take place while soldiers on both sides had dysentery. Ironically, the commandant of the camp upin which the story of the bridge is based was as humane as circumstances allowed. The commander of the British POWs actually testified in his behalf at a war crimes trial.
My first reaction to the Burma book was that the Powers That Be got us into Vietnam must not have talked to any Burma veterans. If they had, they would have heard that initiating a jungle was was not a good idea.
Terrific memoir, Pattie. These are important stories to keep. I enjoyed the history of the bridge too.Well done!
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Pattie, You made me tear up.
Rest in well earned peace, Mr. Hufstutler. God bless you, Mr. Griffith, and all the men who endured that hell.
How sad for your Cousin Oather and all who were subjected to the cruel conditions of WWII, no matter at whose hands. Horrific!
Although "Bridge Over the River Kwai" didn't exist, when I was a kid, I did grow up listening to (on a 78 rpm record, before vinyl) and/or playing the Colonel Bogey March. It is a stirring piece.
Cop Car
My father had orders to go to the Philippines but was pulled off and another Col. was sent in his stead. He was captures and eventually put on a ship for Japan that was sunk by an American sub. The Jap ship was unmarked as a POW ship. Dad spent the war in Europe and was on the New Jersey next to the Big MO on V-J day. A change of orders, a change of many lives. The affect on the children of soldiers is just now being studied.
Cop Car, I was surprised to learn that the music - the march- for the movie was not an original composed just for the film.
Allen - that is an interesting story! How serendipitous things sometimes are...
A moving tribute to your family member to commemorate Veteran's Day. The WWII veterans numbers are rapidly dwindling. Whenever I encounter any service person who served in that war I say, "Thank you! If it hadn't been for you and other service people like you our country would not exist as we know it."
What your relative went through was truly horrible. So many of those soldiers had their lives forever altered. Many suffered from PTSD but never received help since such a dignosis wasn't even known then.
I read a book recently about the Burma Theatre. It was absolutely brutal. It was not uncommon for fighting to take place while soldiers on both sides had dysentery.
Ironically, the commandant of the camp upin which the story of the bridge is based was as humane as circumstances allowed. The commander of the British POWs actually testified in his behalf at a war crimes trial.
My first reaction to the Burma book was that the Powers That Be got us into Vietnam must not have talked to any Burma veterans. If they had, they would have heard that initiating a jungle was was not a good idea.
Terrific memoir, Pattie. These are important stories to keep. I enjoyed the history of the bridge too.
Well done!
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