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her headaches wednesday always an excellent excuse for not attending irene s stuffy gatherings and now not only must she go but she will be required to wear the lovely white gown she was saving for myrna pindley s annual post new years eve cotillion if any of the same people are at both events lena shall be just mortified to be caught wearing the same frock twice lena feels the beginning of one of her headaches a real one this time but then while searching for her medicinal powders she considers that a slight change to the gown may allow for two wearings without the gossip lena makes a note to call lucile her personal designer first thing in the morning design by lucile c 1912 all is well in the morning lucile is so cunning she suggests a striking black bodice and train be added for the cotillion who will ever guess it is a twice worn dress excepting perhaps lady gertrude winterberry and her spinster daughter 1912 but that was then 2012 and this is now raise your glass high and have a spectacular new year posted by museswings at 12 01 am 14 amusing yet impudent muses spake labels 1912 2012 aztec doomsday lucile myan new year optimism postcards friday july 22 2011 pff and sepia saturday big step for mankind postmarked on the recovery ship hornet cv12 on july 24 1969 our theme for sepia saturday is recognition of the amazing work of nasa s space program the first manned lunar landing in 1969 is something i will always remember where i was and what i was doing my dad had the old black and white tv on a 40 foot extension cord in the driveway he was doing an oil change on the giant blue mercury station wagon and didn t want to miss a minute of apollo 11and the first moon landing i was on my way to the mall for some serious shopping mini skirts and such but i stopped to see what he was doing together we watched the grainy sights and crackling sounds of the landing a few days later i received the above envelope dad had thoughtfully sent one for each of his 7 children to be postmarked on the u s navy recovery ship hornet the hornet cv 12 the hornet is a recommissioned and renamed wwii essex class aircraft carrier and the eighth navy ship to be given the distinctive name hornet she was originally named kearsarge but was renamed hornet in honor of hornet c8 which was sunk in 1942 hornet cv 12 played a major roll in the pacific during wwii earning 9 battle stars she also served during during peacetime the cold war and vietnam the hornet then became the recovery ship for both manned and unmanned apollo space flights this was not her first recovery assignment hornet was part of the operation magic carpet operation which brought hundreds of thousands of soldiers home after wwii ended coming home operation magic carpet 1945 46 recovered apollo space capsule the hornet is now stationed in alameda california as the uss hornet museum the exhibit includes the apollo 11 space capsule first day of issue man on the moon my father had this first day of issue stamp and postmarks and envelope sent to me in 1969 as well footsteps and our flag on the moon president nixon greets our brave astronauts armstrong collins and aldrin were put in quarantine aboard the hornet nasa wanted to be sure they only came back with moon rocks where the apollo missions left footprints a pre apollo space shot for postcard friendship friday we ve just this week come to the end of a great and exciting era we ll always remember those brave men and women who traveled into the true unknown to explore and to advance our knowledge of the universe some came back others did not for more postcard friendship friday travel here sepia saturday is a space shot away here posted by museswings at 12 07 pm 22 amusing yet impudent muses spake friday july 15 2011 pff and sepia saturday it s in the cards the sepia saturday theme has to do with card games in vintage photos so for postcard friendship friday i chose this old and somewhat flirty postcard it was postmarked june 5 1911 in arthur ontario the message to miss florence reads received your card some time ago have not had a chance to answer before have no views of g m grand manan at present will send one next time come again yours truly turner ingalls jr captain little wood island life saving station grand manan new brunswick that s in canada grand manan island grand manan and all of the surrounding islands are set in treacherous waters filled with rocks and currents storms and fog make travel quite dicey many light houses fog horns and life saving stations were and still are constructed on these islands to assist sailing ships fishermen and ferry boats web searches turned up quite a bit of information about turner ingalls ruthven deane was taking a count of snowy owls in 1906 and included this information in his report mr turner ingalls jr keeper of southwest arbor light station grand manan informs me under date of jan 20 1906 that 26 snowy owls had been seen on the island and many of these had been seen shot during december 1 1905 during the flight of 1901 2 mr turner observed only about half this number t urner i ngalls was born february 18 1843 in grand manan n b he married antoinette foster parker and they had one son page ingalls who died at age 4 at the time this postcard was written ingalls was 68 years old had lost his wife antoinette and remarried he became overseer of this lighthouse in 1901 when his father in law retired after 47 years service by then the marconi telegraph wire was replaced with a telephone southwest light house as it appeared in about 1899 the ingalls mclaughlin family is pictured here the family added all of the buildings to the original lighthouse tower at their own expense upon his retirement turner s father in law asked for reimbursement for all of the buildings to which the department of marine replied no the location of this lighthouse can be seen on the map posted above it is off the most southwest point of the grand manan island after turner ingalls retired a succession of family members continued to live and work here until it closed in 1987 turner ingalls died in 1914 for more friendship friday fun go here for sepia saturday stop by here posted by museswings at 3 01 pm 15 amusing yet impudent muses spake saturday june 18 2011 sepia saturday happy father s day remembering our fathers on father s day stanislaus grocholski 1858 1933 great grandfather john ignatius grocholski 1887 1978 grandfather joseph leo grocholski 1922 1975 father i remember past fathers days and am thankful for the memories posted by museswings at 7 26 pm 7 amusing yet impudent muses spake friday june 3 2011 pff and sepia saturday neither rain nor sleet nor uhm cannon fire wwii mail from mom to which of the 7 500 pfc robert smith s does this belong soldiers love to get mail that s probably what the m in morale stands for and the army is always on the move things can get dicey especially when thousands of soldiers are out in the middle of the forest at ardennes or some arid atoll in the south pacific or any of hundreds of places they visited during wartime that s where the six triple eight comes in ltc charity adams women s army corps led the 6888th central postal directory battalion not only was she the first black woman commissioned as an officer in the women s army corps charity adams also attained the highest rank possible in the corps below the directorship only one full colonel was permitted in the wac and that rank was held only by the director she was also the commanding officer of the first battalion of black service women to serve overseas during wwii this unit the 6888th central postal directory battalion or six triple eight did an extraordinary job of redirecting mail in the european theater of operations troops were reassigned quickly battle casualties were relocated often and the sheer number of u s personnel in the eto was staggering a total of about seven million with more than 7 500 of them for instance having the name of robert smith but the six triple eight broke all records for redirecting mail they knew the importance of their job in maintaining morale museum of black wwii history the 6888th marches in the town square at rouen france on the feast day of joan d arc this is the spot where joan d arc was burned at the stake on may 30 1431 these exceptional women were here to do battle of their own move the mail ltc charity adams reviews her unit despite having the same patriotic reasons for serving our country african americans were segregated given menial jobs discriminated against and suffered the same inequities as they did at home y ou would think america would be too busy for racial bias in the thick of battle but of course ignorance often takes the lead go here here for more information about this fine officer click here for a short wwii film of the 6888th a pretty french postcard note the free postage for servicemen and the army examiner stamp in the lower left hand corner sgt henry rabinowicz posted this card on december 21 1944 from somewhere in france he said dear lillian i picked this greeting card especially for you to make double sure my sentiments are expressed both in english and french goodbye for now affectionately henry it appears from his return address that henry was part of the huge replacement pool of soldiers that were brought in late 1944 as replacements for infantry casualties replacement troops did not necessarily receive the same battle training of the infantry they were replacing they lacked the cohesion that troops who trained together and fought together had the seasoned soldiers would pretty much ignore them their infantry may have suffered 50 to 70 casualties and here comes new guy with creases in his pants i don t know him i m not talking to him he s just gonna die anyway was the psychological attitude i found henry s service card at ancestry com stamped with the word wounded i ve not found anything further yet but will add whatever additional information i can find jewish servicemen card for henry rabinowicz laiterie cooperative sgt charles shenloogian of company c 11th cavalry who s wwii experiences are chronicled in his oral history interview 2002 here posted this card november 9 1944 he said dear jewel just a few words to let you know that i am well i picked this card up in my travels this is the understatement of the century his unit was fighting in france in the thick of battle and participated in the battle of the bulge in november 1944 the unit was out of gas ammunition and supplies yet ordered by patton to advance hope everything is o k don t work too hard seen many good shows would like to have been with you love charlie his homogenized message was reviewed and passed by the army examiner more links to postcard friendship friday are here links to sepia saturday posts are here posted by museswings at 12 17 am 20 amusing yet impudent muses spake friday may 27 2011 postcard friendship friday and sepia saturday lest we forget when this beautiful postcard was mailed 100 years ago memorial day was called decoration day a day to pause and remember both the union and confederate soldiers who died in the civil war today after many other wars we remember all of the soldiers who gave their lives for our country lest we forget may 30th now the last monday in may was designated as the day of remembrance the card was mailed 8 2 1911 and is postmarked rome new york which is in the north central part of the state e w says i cannot do as i promised because i have got to go to my cousin s he is very ill the writing appears to be that of a child what do you suppose she promised her friend henrietta another of life s mysteries william lakoske 1925 1994 this is my uncle bill la koske the picture was taken around 1943 while he was in boot camp in ft hood texas he is 17 years old i know little about uncle bill s time in the service we were instructed to never ask him any questions about his experiences during wwii i ve managed to put a few bits and pieces together though he took his basic training at ft hood texas and was still there in october of 1943 when my parents took a train to visit him while on their honeymoon i enlarged the patch on his left arm and i also remembered an ashtray he had with the same insignia it is the insignia of the us army tank destroyer unit at the time fort hood was a training center for the tdu and i found this on line the mission of the tank destroyer unit training center became that of training tank destroyer units to the point of blotting out and erasing any fear of armored forces establishing superiority in maneuvering and gunfire the specialized training program for tds provided for 19 weeks of training 6 weeks of basic and 13 weeks technical and tactical training the basic training was comparable to that of a replacement training center at some point after the d day invasion and on the heels of the battle of the bulge uncle bill and his battalion were in france and possibly fought their way as far as belgium his job was manning a machine gun attached to the back of a jeep during heavy fighting against the germans uncle bill and several other men were forced to take cover inside a barn the germans destroyed the barn with canon fire and a beam fell pinning uncle bill at mid section to the ground the other men were killed he remained there for 2 days and was near death by the time he was rescued he recuperated in colorado for about 18 months was awarded the purple heart and then returned home mom spoke once of the day the telegram came informing his mother julia that uncle bill was injured other than a short telegram families had no way of knowing anything further about the fate of their husband brother or son today wars are fought right on television soldiers keep in touch on cellphones and computers at that time communication except by the soldier himself was non existent since uncle bill was badly injured it may have been weeks before they received further word about his condition they could only wait for a letter or for another telegram informing them of his death luckily that 2nd telegram never came a very special force of wacs went to france in the heat of battle to make sure mail moved to and from the us the army knew how important communication was for morale here and abroad i ll tell you all about them next week fizsimmons army medical center aroura colorado a little more detective work the fitzsimmons army medical center is most likely the hospital where uncle bill was treated and rehabilitated it was built during wwi primarily for soldiers with tb and malaria and has always been considered an excellent hospital it closed just within the past few years is being updated and will reopen as a private hospital the only thing uncle bill ever mentioned was that he had to eat pureed baby food for months and he never explained this one he came to despise raisins to the point that he would shiver if he even had to look at 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