Boy, I can't believe I am getting into this
so much.... I have very few memories of this time period, but I do have a
few most of which, are from when I was a little girl.. So naturally, they
are thru the eyes of a child.. But now, in researching and reading
some of these very interesting sites and articles..WOW...... It takes on
a whole different perspective, through the eyes of an adult .
Let me share a few of the thoughts and memories that have been
criss crossing my mind in setting up this room here... And let me just
add at this point.. I HATED, HATE, HISTORY...... I have no clue
why I was ever in honors history class.. because I absolutely hated history..
BORRRING ... or so it was then.. or maybe the way it was taught then.. I
think I received my grades solely on reports I turned in , as I
do like to research things...and write. But now, I find I am going back in
search of these things that at that time, was of no interest to
me..
Well to begin with... I hated the music then.. YUK!
My Mom listened to the Big Bands all the time on those fat, thick,
records of hers.. And I thought.. how can she stand that stuff.. Oh
I had a few favorites okay.. but definitely NOT the Big Band stuff... But
now in searching for those songs of long ago.. and listening to them.. I
LOVE them... what a flare they have... Needless to say, my children think
I have totally flipped out.. One son just came in and asked " WHAT is THAT
your listening to Mom?" and his friend that is slurping up some soup
commented, "boy, that's straaange music"... So, I guess, it is all
in the eyes of the beholder... and perhaps, "age" playing a big part as to
how we interpret things....
Glenn Miller, Dorsey, and Les Brown where some of the Big Names
during this era.. Course my Mom played alot of the
Andrews Sisters music also.. My Mom, sister and
I use to harmonize right along with them... And as I am listening to
the sounds of "In the Mood" playing in the background as I am
typing, flashbacks of the swooshey sound,
my Aunt's skirt use to make, when she'd get ready to go out on a "hot date"...
Boy.. I haven't remembered these things in some time... My Mom and
her hair done up in that famous Andrew Sister's style..
I guess I could babble on, in setting up this room and it's decor,
I am getting caught up in the mood of that time... and enjoying it!
But it was also a time of not such good times As our country became
involved in The Second World War... So moving right along here...
I didn't want to just set up a place with links and such, but
to also create an atmosphere of that time period and as the music says..
you need to get "In The Mood" ...
If you have a link to a WWII site or a site with information
pertaining to that time period and you would like to pass it on, please send
it to me, care of the
VetCenter, with WWII in
the subject heading.. I will add it to those I have listed
already...
I hope those from this era will share some of their memories
here as well... I am hoping to hear from the WWII Veterans or family members..
This was MY DAD's war and sadly I don't have any memories of that... A
fading image in my mind is all.. of a very
handsome ( but of course ), Soldier in uniform that sat on top of our mantle..
For some reason, I remember him mentioning GreenLand.. but no clue
why. So I for one would appreciate hearing your experiances.. AND from
some of this researching, I found it most difficult to find information on
nurses or female veterans then...
Course I know it was not the norm then.. But surely we had women in the service
then? I know I have been reading about how "women" where used
for properganda purposes then.. to romanticize the War etc.. etc.. More
on that to follow..... For now thou...
Sit back, enjoy the music, and maybe share a few memories
from the days of the
" Big Band and WWII "
WWII TRIVIA
War bond sales: $227,000,000,000
Lend-lease aid: $51,000,000,000
Direct military cost of war: $318,000,000,000
Excerpted from Compton's Interactive Encyclopedia
Copyright (c) 1994, 1995 Compton's NewMedia, Inc. All Rights Reserved
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