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National WWII Museum Asks Families to Share the Greatest Love Stories from the ‘Greatest Generation’
The National World War II Museum launches a new Facebook initiative to celebrate World War II love stories.
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Article TypeLove—Guess Who! Valentine’s Letters from World War II
Forced apart by war, newlyweds and expectant parents Richard and Jean Porritt celebrated Valentine’s Day the only way they could: through greeting cards and love letters.
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Ken Ludwig’s Dear Jack, Dear Louise
When two strangers meet by letter during World War II, a love story begins. Playwright Ken Ludwig tells the joyous, heartwarming story of his parents’ wartime courtship.
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1st Lt. Shannon Estill
1st Lt. Shannon Eugene “Gener” Estill comes alive in his letters. His persona emerges from the page in conversations with his wife, Mary Kathryn Taylor Estill.
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Felice and Lilly—An Uneasy Berlin Love Story
Felice and Lilly’s story is one of contradictions. One a bohemian writer in the Jewish underground; the other wife to an ardent Nazi, a “good German” Hausfrau, and mother of four. The two women fell in love in wartime Berlin.
