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Tag Archives: Dad’s letters
Travel Challenge – The Results
You kindly followed me through ten days of travel pictures, guessing where each one might be. I thought I’d put you out of your collective miseries/make you punch the air with a ‘Yes, I was right’ with a follow up. … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, travel
Tagged Dad's letters, memories, Palestine, South Beach Miami, travel
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Dad’s Letters from Palestine – May to August 1947
It has been a long time since I posted about my father’s time in Palestine after WW2. Here is the link to the tab above where the latest letters are copied. A lot has happened both for me … Continue reading
Posted in miscellany, Palestine
Tagged calipate, Dad's letters, ISIS, Israel, Jewish homeland, Palestine, Zion, Zionism
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Dad’s letters from Palestine February, March and April 1947
It has been a while since I posted a set of my father’s letters from Palestine. The latest set can be found here. I have been watching the turmoil in the Middle East just now. The awful acts of horror … Continue reading
Posted in dad's letters, memoires, miscellany, Palestine, paratrooper
Tagged Dad's letters, Dov Gruner, Harry Truman, Iron Curtain, ISIL, Israeil, Mandate, Palestine, WW2
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Dad’s letters from Palestine – April to May 1946
14908385 Pte Desmond Le Pard of A Coy, 17th Battalion Parachute Regiment, M.E.F. is now in Palestine. He’s never been abroad before and, at not quite 20, is wide eyed and restless. His training has prepared him for an assault, first … Continue reading
Posted in dad's letters, miscellany
Tagged British Protectorate 1946-7, Dad's letters, Hagannah, King David Hotel, Palestine, Paratroops, Stern Gang
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Dad’s Letters – September to December 1945
Here are the latest of Dad’s letters, covering the period to the end of 1945. A new government was in power, gradually civilian life was trying to return to normal. And Dad was being moved around the country as he … Continue reading