Letters from the trenches: A wartime solution to isolation
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Letters from the trenches: A wartime solution to isolation

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Letters from the trenches: A wartime solution to isolation Melissa Banigan The writer’s grandparents narrated their entire romance over letters during World War Two Letter writing may just be the balm some people need amid a cacophony of difficult news, terrifying statistics and misinformation on social media. Like many young lovers separated during World War Two, my American grandparents narrated their entire romance over letters, from the beginning of their courtship in early 1944 to the Western Union telegram a year and a half later that simply read, “DARLING BE HOME BEFORE BREAKFAST LOVE GENE”. Melissa Banigan The writer’s grandparents narrated their entire romance over letters during World War Two I wept the first time I read the letters. Some day if all my dreams come true I’ll want to ask you to be my wife.” Writing wartime letters wasn’t particular to World War Two.

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'Dear Dickie': A Window Into Family History Through Post-WWII Love Letters
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'Dear Dickie': A Window Into Family History Through Post-WWII Love Letters

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