35 thoughts on “VE Day Remembered”

  1. shehannemoore

    Nice psot Malc. i mean to come back and comment and I know you have another post that I am off to look at now. My oldest grandie has been in hsopital again this week and it’s been hectic.

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    1. Easymalc Post author

      I’m so sorry Shey. I had a 6th sense there was something wrong, but please don’t fret about responding to my latest post. It’ll still be there when you’re ready 🤗

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        1. Easymalc Post author

          I’ve seen your comment and I’ll reply in the morning. Just relax for the evening – and your support is more valuable than you realise, so another big thank you ⭐

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    1. Easymalc Post author

      We should never be allowed to forget what that remarkable generation did Francesc. I’m glad my Dad survived or else I wouldn’t be here.

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      1. valenciartist

        Absolutely Malc. All generations should be reminded of their great sacrifice so that they know and are well aware of what it took to get here and how what we have should be respected and protected.

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  3. Suzanne

    Malc, the photo is well preserved. Unfortunately, the effects of those wars are still being felt within many families due to many of the men’s trauma never been acknowledged. We as humans have still not learnt that war is not the answer.

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    1. Easymalc Post author

      My dad watches over me every day Suzanne as I have another picture of him on the wall above my computer. The scars of war never really heal Suzanne do they?

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    1. Easymalc Post author

      Ah! It’s good that you remember it Nade. If you didn’t already know, the war started on Grandma’s birthday (Sept 1st) and ended on Grampy’s (May 8th). xx ❤️

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  6. Eunice

    A very worthy tribute to all those heroes who fought and died for us and our country – thank you for posting it Malc.

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    1. Easymalc Post author

      As each day passes Eunice, fewer and fewer survivors are left to tell us what really happened and there are so many untold stories – including those that my dad never did. (he’s the one in the middle of the picture)

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      1. Eunice

        A lovely photo Malc, you must be very proud of him. I know hardly anything of my own dad’s time in the war. He was with the RAMC stationed at Fulwood, Preston, and travelled through France with the RAMC Medical Train – he came through those years unscathed but that’s really all I know as my parents never talked about it.

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        1. Easymalc Post author

          They didn’t Eunice and I let it stay like that until one day I decided to ask him to tell me about his experiences. His reaction was to say “Not today, but the next time you come up to see us”, but there was to be no next time, as he died within a few weeks after a very short illness.

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          1. Eunice

            That’s so sad, I’m so sorry Malc. I lost my own parents 25 years ago both within a month of each other, so neither of us will ever know will we? 😢

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            1. Easymalc Post author

              We won’t Eunice, but I have tried to piece together some bits & pieces through getting hold of some of his war medals.

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    1. Easymalc Post author

      What’s more Pat, so many youngsters are not being taught about it either.

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      1. equipsblog

        I know. I remember maybe a part of a single American history class because we spend too much time on the Age of Discovery, the Revolution and by the Civil War , had run out of school year. Even though we were born after the war, Churchill was prime minister again in the 60s, DeGaulle was president of France, Tito was head of Yugoslavia, Hirohito was still Emperor of Japan, both Chang Kai Shek and Mao were head of the two Chinas, and there were a few World War II era television shows, so it did not seem that far in the past.

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        1. Easymalc Post author

          Us Brits may have held the fort, but like Churchill said “I went to bed and slept the sleep of the saved” after Pearl Harbour was bombed. I’m sure you know exactly what that meant Pat.

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          1. equipsblog

            We were in it to win it. We were the Arsenal of Democracy and our factories weren’t being bombed. Maybe the Conspiracy Theorists had a point about Roosevelt.

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        2. Easymalc Post author

          There’s no doubt in my mind that Churchill exerted a lot of pressure on Roosevelt, but how much influence he had on the Preident’s way of thinking, probably only Roosevelt knows. Mind you, Churchill could be very persuasive.

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