Continuing with dates that are important to my generation, we arrive at:
June 6, 1944—Allied Invasion of Normandy, France, Europe.
This was the beginning of the end for the Axis armies. It took until May of 1945, VE Day, to reach victory in Europe and August 1945 , VJ Day, for Japan to surrender.
Again, it impacted the entire world. We were still too young to appreciate the meanings of the dates, but eventually could look back and understand why they should be important to us.
Many of my generation had parents or other relatives who fought and/or died for the Allies. That meant for many of us kids, dads and uncles and brothers returned home from war and a process of re-acquainting began.
Some of us were affected by post-war economic factors and the lack of employment.
Those economic factors became the main reason why my parents decided to move to the territory of Alaska in June of 1948. And, for me, that began a life-long love affair with this wild land.
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| My mother and Jim peeling logs for our log home. |