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原文传递 LST Tour Teaches Importance Of Remembering The Past

题名：	LST Tour Teaches Importance Of Remembering The Past
正文语种：	eng
作者：	SHELLEY BYRNE
摘要：	While the nation may owe the victory in World War Ⅱ in part to the amphibious Landing Ship, Tanks (LSTs) that played such a large role in D-Day and other Allied campaigns, I may owe my very existence to one or two of these ships. Had it not been for my Papaw, Chester Street's, service on LST-197 in the European Theater and LST-1067 in the Pacific Theater for the duration of the war, my Mimi would have had no reason to exchange letters with him. Those letters budded into romance, and he proposed marriage in one of them, but she didn't accept until he was home on leave. Following the war they married, and that nearly 65 years of marriage led to five children, seven grandchildren (of whom I am one), 10 great grandchildren and, as of earlier this year, twin great-great granddaughters. Like so many other World War Ⅱ veterans, Papaw didn't talk about his service for decades afterward. It wasn't until Tom Brokaw's book, "The Greatest Generation," came out that he began to tell his family more.
出版年：	2023
期刊名称：	The Waterways Jouranl
卷：	137
期：	17
页码：	6-6