Managing Editor Jennifer Van Laar s grandparents were married just 2.5 months before D-Day, and Grandpa was sure to quickly let his Chin-Up Girl know he was safe.
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World War II history has always been a special interest of mine. I’m in awe of the bravery shown by the millions of men and women who served in the military and the unified efforts of the Americans at home, and, since three of my grandparents served in the military (and the fourth worked as a Rosie the Riveter and, for a brief time, with OSS) I grew up hearing family stories from that era. But in 2007, D-Day became far more personal to me.
That year I was given a box of 300 letters my grandfather had written to my grandmother during World War 2, from the time they met in June 1943 until he returned home in September 1945. The letters were carefully organized by postmark date – Gram even wrote the date she received it on the envelope. Included was a letter home written June 7, 1944.
the ntsb are doing their job. we ve been waiting to see why this accident occurred. we have knee-jerk reactions. they are calling for full amtrak funding in the wake of this crash. they are using the emotion of the times to say if we had more funding, maybe dot, dot, dot, what do you say to that? as the author we authorized $1.4 billion plus a grant program we want to put in place to help states make the investments needed. as i said i think we need to wait and see what the results are, what happened in pennsylvania. based on those facts and what happened to the accident then address the situation at that time. it s interesting because in amtrak s own press releases it sends out, it points out the fact they need better