World War II: London Blitz Diary - A Woman's Revelations Enduring War and Marriage, Vol. 1: 1939-1940

Just saw this through my LinkedIn acct. Can't wait to download it to my Kindle. Sounds fascinating.

So today marks the Normandy D-Day (because as we know, there were several others) plus 68 years. I didn't see much about it - although I really haven't been watching the news or anything. I was just curious to see if any of our friends in Europe have gone to any anniversary events.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57447896/for-wwii-soldiers-widow-a-60-year-mystery-finally-solved/

Castle Courier - A Publication of the U.S. Army Engineer Museum - Fort Leonard Wood

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I visited Fort Leonard Wood a while back...

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"The guns are quiet now," is the first line in John Huston's 1946 short film, "Let There Be Light," which focuses on World War II veterans dealing with what we'd today call post-traumatic stress disorder.

Quiet, perhaps. But the echoes of those guns were still ringing in the minds of many returning soldiers -- much as they still are with modern veterans.

 

Huston, himself a veteran and director of such films as "The Maltese Falcon" and "Treasure of the Sierra Madre," filmed soldiers being treated at Long Island's Mason General Hospital for what at the time was called shell shock.

Read more about this below...

Can World War II film long hidden by the Army aid today's veterans?

By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper

Here's the actual film footage