"This morning we saw scores of haggard Russians walking toward our rear--prisoners the Nazis had used as slaves and left behind when the Krauts retreated. Darling, when I saw their faces--their smiles of joy, their revived hope--and American food in their hands, it brought tears to my eyes for I knew I was seeing first-hand just what we're fighting for--the right to be free--to go unmolested, to have freedom from oppressive tyranny--something these poor souls hadn't known for years." (emphasis mine)
Pfc. Keith Winston (edited with preface by Sarah Winston/wife)
V-Mail: Letters of a World War II Combat Medic
Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 1985
p.195
Do we even begin to appreciate our freedom? Or the sacrifice of blood, limbs, family time, or even finances paid to obtain it? Do we appreciate those representatives who fight to maintain it?
EverGrateful,
Lonnie
What is V-mail?
"A V-letter was written on a single sheet of special stationary, which was on sale at post offices, and was photographed after mailing; the film was sent overseas by air, and the letter was then printed in reduced size on photographic paper and delivered . . . this did not always work out." p. 100
