Re: D. Weldon
Jocelyn Huang (taurus@RGS.EDU.SG)
Sun, 27 Apr 1997 12:24:49 +0800
At 21:18 20/10/96 -0400, you wrote:
>Military service leaves people with many problems as well as some benefits.
> One of the things it helps people to realize is that live in other areas is
>different from what home is. (perceptions will vary on the goodness or
>quality of the life).
>I'd like to recommend that you read a book by a WWII nurse who served in
>Africa and then in Italy and Germany. This book uses many of her letters
>written during the war and will give you a view of the lives and the
>activities of the people in the military and North Africa. This will help
>you to see that the world was very different at that time than we realize
>from our life who is distant in both time and space. We must be careful in
>judging those from other t ime periods and experiences by today's standards.
> As long as you are search for meaning, you should keep searching. I also
>want to encourage you to search the records of the unit through the National
>Archives. The book I mentiond is BEDPAN COMMANDO by June Wandrey 1989
>Elmore, Ohio: Elmore Publishing COmpany 341 Rice St. Elmore, OH 43416. Mary
>E. Haas
>
>Um... I can't find this book anywhere in my public libraries, any help?
Luv from,
Jocelyn Huang.
taurus@rgs.edu.sg
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