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RE: When I was a boy: Part One (My father's memories as a boy living through World War Two)
Don't sell yourself short, you are quite the story writer. You've brought this to life in a way plain facts wouldn't have making it more engaging and hopefully more likely to be remembered.
This is entirely new for me to hear yet another angle from WW2. As you can imagine I've heard the American's stories, the Brit's, the Australian's and even some of the European's, but never anything of what Japan was up to this end other than some attacks in Darwin.
I wish I could have found out more of my grandmother's stories. She was German and in the Red Cross. I only know general things about her time through the war, but not her individual experiences. I think they were hard for her to talk about.
Thanks for your nice remarks on my writing. There are many stories that come from war, not all bad. I am privileged to know some from my father’s experiences as a child caught up in an adults war. The Japanese were a brutal foe and were not far from gaining a foothold in Australia. I have trekked the Kokoda Trail to walk the ground over which Australia’s men fought and died to defend Australia and am fortunate that my father managed to make it through the Occupation of Malaya with his life. I can imagine your grandmother would have had a few stories of her own.
Darwin was bombed many many times and there’s many stories there too. I am doing a series on those bombings also.
Thanks for reading. :)
Looking forward to reading more.