tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post7630517174605268210..comments2024-03-26T12:01:39.690-07:00Comments on A Family Tapestry: Wasting a Silver Dollar MoonJacqi Stevenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03471698670217119444noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-20296927605763531712011-11-21T06:11:53.523-08:002011-11-21T06:11:53.523-08:00I too, can't imagine being stuck on a smelly b...I too, can't imagine being stuck on a smelly boat with smelly guys for months on end. Ugh!<br /><br />...and they didn't have any Febreeze then...Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5034998384799920884.post-25205192997753532192011-11-20T06:51:39.706-08:002011-11-20T06:51:39.706-08:00I'm imagining what it must have been like for ...I'm imagining what it must have been like for Frank to never leave the ship from January to April, when he writes this letter. The war is nearing a close in Europe -- but several months until Japan finally surrenders. I just finished reading Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand. I highly recommend itboth as an amazing survival at sea story and for a perspective of what the POWs went through in Japanese camps. Thanks for the blogiversary congrats. I think we have to save these treasures. The key is finding the way to organize them to find. Your blog is doing a great job in highlighting key topics in Frank's letters -- and your understanding of the context. I'm scanning my letters now (with a feeder scanner -- it's not hurting the letters at all, is super fast, and keeps all the pages as a single file of individual pdf letters. The the letters can be given to the Veterans project at Library of Congress, where you know they'll be well cared for--and descendants will still have copies.Linda Gartzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00740477693031139484noreply@blogger.com