From: Ronald Gillen (gillen@nconnect.net)
Date: Thu Mar 22 2001 - 08:57:25 PST
Memories of World War II The living memories of the generation that experienced World War II are slipping into history. At the same time, the grandchildren and great-grandchildren of that generation are growing up without any real sense of what life was like during the war -- on the battlefronts and on the home front. CNN.com invites our readers who lived through World War II to submit their personal remembrances of the war years. Your written accounts will become part of an archive of World War II memories. Tell us in your own words what the war years mean to you. Entries from all over are welcome. It is important, of course, to remember the sacrifices of the young men and women who fought and died. But later generations should also know about the laughter and the tears on the home front, about the air raid shelters, gasoline and food rationing, travel restrictions, wage and price controls, forced displacements, about the value of radio broadcasts, newspaper reports, writing letters and readjusting to civilian life. We also are interested if you would like to share with us your memorabilia -- photographs, movies, tape recordings, pamphlets, posters, telegrams, ration books, unit patches, letters to loved ones -- anything that can be reproduced photographically or electronically. Send us a brief description of your materials along with your stories and we will let you know whether we can include them on the Web site. We expect to launch the site in April 2001 and add to it through December, 2001. Please send your e-mails to: memories@cnn.com Or send by regular mail to: Memories, CNN Interactive, 11th Floor SW One CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. 30303 We have fixed the problems we had with the e-mail address for this site. If you had earlier tried and failed to send your memories via e-mail, please try again. Note: Only those entries accompanied by a home address, a daytime phone number, and an e-mail address (if any) will be considered. Entries selected to appear on the Web site may be edited for length. If your story or memento is selected to appear on the site, you will be asked to sign a waiver that gives CNN permission to use the selected material. We will do our best to ensure the safety of any materials submitted to us, and will return those materials to you via a reputable and traceable delivery service. But CNN cannot be responsible for any inadvertent loss or damage to such material. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~-~> We give away $70,000 a month! Come to iWin.com for your chance to win! http://us.click.yahoo.com/olMXHC/BJVCAA/4ihDAA/rIBVlB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------_-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: timewitnesses-unsubscribe@egroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/