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For Remembrance/ Veterans Day I thought I would post this picture in honor Of My Uncle & Grandmother.
My Uncle was KIA June 8, 1944
This photo is of My Grandmother in the garden holding a picture of her deceased son.
She would later be awarded the Memorial Cross or more commonly named Silver Cross.
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Yes, thank you.
Thank you, walksoftly. It is a beautiful image of sacrifice. I see that the photograph has been taken outside, and that she is standing behind a table covered by a tablecloth. On the cloth is a vase with a floral arrangement.
Thanks for the love, toolate & Chrisnp & you're welcome.
Thanks for the love, Mani, mustangtony, & ttom, I appreciate it.
Thanks for the love & the kind words miKKo.
Not being able to bury her son I believe she had to have her own memorial for him.
It is a moving image, kinda pulls at the heart strings.
Pulls on mine. So sad.
Thanks for the love Amber & yes it is sad.
The circumstances of his death were very difficult on the family & it's probably why I have such strong feelings for a man I never knew.
Thanks for the love official.
Mine too! I think it is wonderful that you can feel so much for a man you never new, it just shows how much he must have been loved a continuously remembered. Thank you for sharing walksoftly
Thanks for the love inky, I appreciate your kind words.
As long as there is someone to remember him, he lives on.
love the photos , very nice :)
Love this Bro !!!!!!!!!!!!! sorry I am not catching everything because I am still not back fulltime . But these are great keepsakes !
Thanks for the love, P R, AR8, gargoyle, chinablue & Petey.
Thanks for the double love on this one Bellin.
Thanks for the double love Sis, rest up & get well, we miss you here.
Great Keepsake. Very Touching.
Thanks for the love & the kind words musikchoo .
She looks sad but yet so proud, beautiful moment on film. Its hard to comment on the horrors of the war, condolences to you and your family !~Phil.
Thanks for the love & the condolences Phil, they are appreciated.
David
Thanks for the love JueBoo.
anything for you David:) happy thanksgiving:)
Happy Thanksgiving Bellin
David, moving story and heart stings pulled. Thanks for sharing this memory of the war time scarifices, Less we not forget.
Kerry
Thank you so much Kerry, for the love & the thoughtful comments, they are greatly appreciated.
Thanks for the love, Mani.
That's 2 days after D-day. We are so grateful over here. We can't thank the alies and their brave and unselfish soldiers enough !!!! So many dead. Each story heart breaking. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much Bazel, for the love on this & the kind words.
So much was sacrificed to get a toe hold on the continent, makes you wonder how it would have turned out if they hadn't fought so hard & gave so much.
Thanks for the love, filmnet.
Russian would have been the main language taught in school.
And we wouldn't be chatting here on CW if you spoke Russian!
In my best Russian: ''Da''