Kamis, 08 Maret 2018

WWII Letters from Readers- March 2009

A Crude Defense Method My father served in the British army during World War I. In World War II, he was a member of the Home Guard in London during the Blitz (“Churchill’s Secret Army,” October/November 2008). He would wear his government-issue tin hat and patrol the streets during air raids. When I was older …

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