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The World Premier-"We did what we had to do"
2008.05.16
My Mom is the second from the left in this slide!
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My Mom is the second from the left in this slide!
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"We did what had to be done" Her movie!
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"We did what had to be done" Her movie!
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My Mom!
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My Mom!
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She is around 17 years old in this slide!
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She is around 17 years old in this slide!
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This is her desk and name plate. (and her arm above!)
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This is her desk and name plate. (and her arm above!)
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She worked in Purchasing at the Joshua Hendy Iron Works Plant in Sunnyvale, CA
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She worked in Purchasing at the Joshua Hendy Iron Works Plant in Sunnyvale, CA
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After working at Hendy's she would come home and go directly to one of the canneries to work the "Victory Shift" (a swing shift) to help the war effort and keep the food lines going for the soldiers.
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After working at Hendy's she would come home and go directly to one of the canneries to work the "Victory Shift" (a swing shift) to help the war effort and keep the food lines going for the soldiers.
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One of Mom's brothers was on the USS Saratoga that left Pearl Harbor on December 6th but the family thought he was still in Honolulu when then Japanese attacked!
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One of Mom's brothers was on the USS Saratoga that left Pearl Harbor on December 6th but the family thought he was still in Honolulu when then Japanese attacked!
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Her father (my Grandpa) was a air raid warden for their neighborhood. He would make sure everyone had blackout curtains and that they all would participate in the air raid drills.
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Her father (my Grandpa) was a air raid warden for their neighborhood. He would make sure everyone had blackout curtains and that they all would participate in the air raid drills.
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This one of the actual gas rationing cards from during WWII
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This one of the actual gas rationing cards from during WWII
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My Mom's brother Manuel was stationed up in Oregon learning how to be a radar operator. He was one that loved swimming and on one of his days off he went to the beach in Yakkits, OR to swim but drown. My Mom was 18 years old and received the telegram that he died. She had to go home to tell her Mother and Father that they lost one of their sons. She grew up really fast.
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My Mom's brother Manuel was stationed up in Oregon learning how to be a radar operator. He was one that loved swimming and on one of his days off he went to the beach in Yakkits, OR to swim but drown. My Mom was 18 years old and received the telegram that he died. She had to go home to tell her Mother and Father that they lost one of their sons. She grew up really fast.
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Blue Star Mothers had banners in their windows with the number of stars for the sons in the war. When there was a death then the blue star was turned to gold. This one represented my Uncle Manuel.
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Blue Star Mothers had banners in their windows with the number of stars for the sons in the war. When there was a death then the blue star was turned to gold. This one represented my Uncle Manuel.
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The second blue star was trimmed in red when my mothers next brother was injured in the battle of St. Lo in France. He almost had his whole hand blown off in a fight with the Germans.
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The second blue star was trimmed in red when my mothers next brother was injured in the battle of St. Lo in France. He almost had his whole hand blown off in a fight with the Germans.
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This is my Dad during the war. He was stationed on Canton Island and Hawaii. My Mom was a casual friend that would write to him every so often. My father would send her V-letters which were letters that had most of the content cut out so they couldn't give away their locations. My mom still has the letters! She saved EVERYTHING.
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This is my Dad during the war. He was stationed on Canton Island and Hawaii. My Mom was a casual friend that would write to him every so often. My father would send her V-letters which were letters that had most of the content cut out so they couldn't give away their locations. My mom still has the letters! She saved EVERYTHING.
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When the war was over Daddy came home and found that my Mom was a beautiful lady now and he took an instant liking to her. They met up again in October 1945, engaged Christmas Eve, 1945 and married May 19, 1946!!
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When the war was over Daddy came home and found that my Mom was a beautiful lady now and he took an instant liking to her. They met up again in October 1945, engaged Christmas Eve, 1945 and married May 19, 1946!!
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Mom today!
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Mom today!
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She was so excited to have all of the family there to watch the presentation. She introduced us all!! There were over 275 people in the place an eveyone giggled as she just kept annoucing who we all were!!
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She was so excited to have all of the family there to watch the presentation. She introduced us all!! There were over 275 people in the place an eveyone giggled as she just kept annoucing who we all were!!
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Mayor Chuck Reed of San Jose, CA
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Mayor Chuck Reed of San Jose, CA
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The Mayor with Edith Shain. She is the little nurse that was in the V-day Life photograph in New York City where the sailor is kissing the nurse! She is very tiny and so sweet. She is 83!
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The Mayor with Edith Shain. She is the little nurse that was in the V-day Life photograph in New York City where the sailor is kissing the nurse! She is very tiny and so sweet. She is 83!
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My Uncle Henry who was wounded in France during WWII
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My Uncle Henry who was wounded in France during WWII
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My Mom on the left and Edith Shain on the right and the famous photo in Life magazine of V-Day celebrations on the streets of New York City.
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My Mom on the left and Edith Shain on the right and the famous photo in Life magazine of V-Day celebrations on the streets of New York City.
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Edith Shain, the little nurse from the famous LIFE photo.
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Edith Shain, the little nurse from the famous LIFE photo.
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(L to R) Great Grandson, Cole; Grand Daughter, Laura; Daughter, Margaret; Granddaughter, Carrie; Edith (Nani); Daughter, Judy; Daughter Carolyn.
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(L to R) Great Grandson, Cole; Grand Daughter, Laura; Daughter, Margaret; Granddaughter, Carrie; Edith (Nani); Daughter, Judy; Daughter Carolyn.
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Friday, May 16, 2008 was the World Premiere for the Stories of Service - Digital Clubhouse movie/DVD. My Mom was one of the eight stories they have been working on for many months. Telling her story as it was during WWII, stories from the Greatest Generation on how they survived and what they did during that time in our country.
Mom is a historian. She has saved so many things from her life that I didn't even know she had!! They used old photos, artifact reproductions, information from her life as an 18 year old young woman living in San Jose with three out of four older brothers in the service and in active duty.
It was an awesome event for us all to see. I cried, she cried, we all cried.....seeing the photos and knowing the life she had as well as many others during the time of 1941-1945. Practically the whole family was there to witness the premiere. And her story will be told in Washington, DC this Memorial Day! And then it will return to the History Museum of San Jose for a special year long exhibit. These are a few of the pictures we took of the event!!
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What great artifacts...and so fascinating to see the woman from the famous Life magazine cover...many thanks for sharing!
Wow, great shots. It's always fascinating to hear people talk about historical events. I've gone to several events where Holocaust survivors spoke about their experiences, and it was moving, to say the least.
That is so great and sounds so interesting. I would love to see that. I'll have to remember this when my husband complains about how I keep everything. Someday I might be glad I saved it!
