Ewing Family (Nancy steering)   As a child, my mother spent summers on Lake Michigan with her family in their sailboats and yachts. She was comfortable in any boat, on any body of water, at any time. She often made her way into the captain’s chair – or the driver’s seat. Eventually she would work to find out just how may boats she could “drive.” After joining the Army, she used opportunities to expand her collection beyond just boats.    In the book Girls in a World at War ,

Parachute Wedding Dress Even a world at war cannot stop romance. However, during World War II, resources for any sort of dreamt-about wedding celebrations were almost non-existent, especially overseas. Just a few women were lucky enough to obtain white parachute material from paratroopers, originally made of silk and perfect for making a fine wedding dress. In Girls in a World at War , there were several unique wartime romances, and two weddings took place. Read more in the b

In France, early in 1945, their hospital served wounded soldiers from the Battle of the Bulge, with a census of 1,000 per day. Kitchen staff included 16 German PWs, without guards, as every spare man had been sent to the infantry, even at the risk of stealing knives and escaping. The PWs were warm and better fed than if working with a shovel, and scraps of food could be stolen. Their ranking man, Oscar, spoke English, and when Sarge told Oscar what needed to get done, Oscar m