WWII

  • This Day in History March 24, 1944

    By Ruth on March 24, 2013
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    Have any of you ever seen the film The Great Escape?  It is a fantastic film that is based on fact (with many changes to what actually happened).  However, that film  has probably made this incident extremely popular and well-remembered.  It was on this date in 1944, that the Great Escape of Stalag Luft III began.  The plan had been […]
  • “Tangled Ashes” by Michele Phoenix Book Review

    By Ruth on November 6, 2012
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    When Marshall Becker arrives in Lamorlaye, France, to begin the massive renovation of a Renaissance-era castle, he unearths a dark World War II history few in the village remember. The project that was meant to provide an escape for Becker instead becomes a gripping glimpse into the human drama that unfolded during the Nazi occupation and seems to live on […]
  • “With Every Letter” by Sarah Sundin Book Review

    By Ruth on September 28, 2012
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    Book 1 in the Wings of the Nightingale series Lt. Mellie Blake is looking forward to beginning her training as a flight nurse. She is not looking forward to writing a letter to a man she’s never met–even if it is anonymous and part of a morale-building program. Lt. Tom MacGilliver, an officer stationed in North Africa, welcomes the idea […]