tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post3004785608274266823..comments2024-01-01T18:42:01.363-08:00Comments on International Christian Fiction Writers: Peril on the SeaLisa Harrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11358581487206184033noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-43615566073506825792011-01-09T20:15:45.207-08:002011-01-09T20:15:45.207-08:00Rita, thank you for the information about this boo...Rita, thank you for the information about this book. Had not heard of it until now. My memories of WWII are zilch except during that time that my Dad rented a house in a small rural town in Queensland - Pittsworth for you Aussies - where I first started school. He worked our farm from there until we moved back before christmas in 1946. Until the movie, Australia, many Australians were not aware of how bad the attack on Darwin was. Many Americans on naval ships also died in the harbour there.<br />Definitely on my "To Buy" list.Mary Hawkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12603850711168486457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-42586068968007725972010-12-31T14:40:18.579-08:002010-12-31T14:40:18.579-08:00My father, a Mennonite, received exemption from th...My father, a Mennonite, received exemption from the war to farm. Several of his brothers were sent to Vancouver Island as loggers to support the war effort. My husband lost several relatives in both the big wars. I think he'd love to read this book!Valerie Comerhttp://valeriecomer.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-78257360268375878362010-12-30T15:45:54.981-08:002010-12-30T15:45:54.981-08:00I just want to say it's fascinating to hear pe...I just want to say it's fascinating to hear personal stories from that time period. It would make an interesting anthology in itself!Rita Galiehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14586506137798711397noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-48190118319764143842010-12-30T10:20:42.030-08:002010-12-30T10:20:42.030-08:00I'm so sorry! I accidentally posted this comm...I'm so sorry! I accidentally posted this comment on the following blog entry in error.<br /><br />WWII was a frightening time. I lived with my mother's parents while she worked the extra board for the railroad. Her two brothers were in the military service. The elder was a machinists mate on the Saratoga, a US carrier.<br /><br />I well remember the day the Japanese broadcast that they had sunk the "Sara." My grandmother stiffened her back and firmed her jaw til it made Mount Rushmore look like quivering jelly. Then the phone rang. It was my uncle calling to tell her that they had taken a hit and were safely in dry dock in Bremerton, Washington.<br /><br />She sat down on the little black enameled chair by the phone and shook for five minutes. It was the only time in my life I saw her weep. She pulled herself together and disappeared into her bedroom. <br /><br />Half an hour later she emerged, as serene as a swan on a calm pond. She never mentioned it again.<br /><br />It seems to me that the fabric of our national character has changed since those days. Values were different; emotions were controlled; manners were important. That seems to be less the case today.Judith Roblhttp://www.asgrandmasays.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4620199782689299940.post-4536315127427991642010-12-29T13:39:15.875-08:002010-12-29T13:39:15.875-08:00Wow. As a thirty-something Australian I had no ide...Wow. As a thirty-something Australian I had no idea that Sydney was under attack from the Japanese. Sadly, too, my knowledge of the bombing of Darwin is very limited. I'd really love to read this book.Megan Sayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410068162701570057noreply@blogger.com