tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post2055080053394182902..comments2024-03-20T13:19:13.512-11:00Comments on TATTERED AND LOST PHOTOGRAPHS: Lost and ALONE, but NOT FORGOTTENTattered and Losthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-76775426453406805872016-11-18T19:39:04.884-11:002016-11-18T19:39:04.884-11:00It is amazing how connections are made through old...It is amazing how connections are made through old photos. I had a family contact me a few years ago about some WW2 photos I'd posted. A man in one of the photos had actually known my great uncle who died in '58. I stupidly didn't stay in touch with the people to find out what they knew about Uncle Roy. He'll always be a mystery.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-61152895146321768402016-11-17T22:49:13.387-11:002016-11-17T22:49:13.387-11:00Fascinating! You never know who will see something...Fascinating! You never know who will see something in your blog and get in tough with a connection or explanation. I've had a couple of people contact me after my blog on my uncle who spent an evening out at a NY nightclub while training there for WW2. They were connected to 2 of my uncle's friends who were also in the nightclub photograph.Jofeathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10290597697140624780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-48142986069244062762016-11-13T06:46:03.350-11:002016-11-13T06:46:03.350-11:00Indeed. A lot of tears had to been shed there.Indeed. A lot of tears had to been shed there.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-22968286861519402402016-11-13T04:33:11.825-11:002016-11-13T04:33:11.825-11:00What an interesting photograph and how wonderful t...What an interesting photograph and how wonderful that others have added details. Perhaps the pocket full of hankies were to mop up the tears - a sad business indeed.Little Nellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11862657943846727987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-40101401286314146832016-11-08T05:47:40.720-11:002016-11-08T05:47:40.720-11:00I think the best part of the net is the sharing of...I think the best part of the net is the sharing of information that might otherwise get lost. Sepia Saturday is such a fine example of this. I too enjoy when people add to my posts. It's exciting.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-12734773571292563902016-11-08T04:12:24.514-11:002016-11-08T04:12:24.514-11:00Thank you for bringing the lives and deaths of so ...Thank you for bringing the lives and deaths of so many into our consciousness. Interesting also to have all the follow-up of other Sepians.Barbara Rogershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351113054045427775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-52897472351365131482016-11-07T13:25:38.774-11:002016-11-07T13:25:38.774-11:00I don't even want to imagine the horror of see...I don't even want to imagine the horror of seeing so many dead. I remember walking around the cemetery at Gettysburg and imagining all of the bodies that were below suddenly scattered all over the ground. Pure insanity.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-51499936613605724852016-11-07T13:22:58.723-11:002016-11-07T13:22:58.723-11:00I agree and yet they are often the most beautiful....I agree and yet they are often the most beautiful. Punchbowl in Hawaii was the first one I remember visiting. Each year as school children we were required to bring a lei to be placed at a headstone for Memorial Day.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-53814998393684804742016-11-06T18:01:29.320-11:002016-11-06T18:01:29.320-11:00History is nothing less than an enormous mountain ...History is nothing less than an enormous mountain of little details. Within months of the war's start and continuing long afterward, the various governments had to deal with the remains of hundreds of thousands of soldiers who died in the conflict. Each nation formed separate grave commissions which created different cemeteries and memorials. The cost of bringing remains back was prohibitively expensive and in many cases impossible due to the use of mass graves. And now the continuing care of graves 100+ years later is another frustrating consequence of war. <br /><br />Edith Wilson was a very remarkable woman. A widow, she married Wilson in 1915 after the death of his first wife. In 1919 she handled many of the president's responsibilities when Wilson was incapacitated by a stroke. The post-war world would have been a different place if he had recovered to fight for his peace initiatives and stop the repressive reparations placed on Germany.Mike Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13065245846262417519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-75888399791755857172016-11-06T15:25:08.926-11:002016-11-06T15:25:08.926-11:00I always find military cemeteries to be so sad. A...I always find military cemeteries to be so sad. A damning indictment on human kind and it's so-called intelligence and it being civilized.Intense Guyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08441598926026727682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-4937538718437140152016-11-05T18:21:51.116-11:002016-11-05T18:21:51.116-11:00Yup, I can see the resemblance, but certainly can&...Yup, I can see the resemblance, but certainly can't find any photos of her with this expression to make it positive.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-89003945237337971132016-11-05T18:21:15.918-11:002016-11-05T18:21:15.918-11:00It does make me think of John Kerry's quote: H...It does make me think of John Kerry's quote: How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam? How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-14963057789495787192016-11-05T18:20:37.574-11:002016-11-05T18:20:37.574-11:00I agree. It's my favorite part of blogging.I agree. It's my favorite part of blogging.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-30347908258132492642016-11-05T18:20:18.521-11:002016-11-05T18:20:18.521-11:00Thank you for this. Gives some finality to one of ...Thank you for this. Gives some finality to one of the men.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-15400392962362023512016-11-05T18:11:56.628-11:002016-11-05T18:11:56.628-11:00Thank you Natalie! I have posted both of the clipp...Thank you Natalie! I have posted both of the clippings you found.Tattered and Losthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00208918251232477186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-74406091493355230172016-11-05T09:11:40.068-11:002016-11-05T09:11:40.068-11:00Interesting... the French boy's letter mention...Interesting... the French boy's letter mentions "Mrs. Wilson" coming and viewing the cemetery. That could be First Lady Edith Wilson in the photo. Kind of looks like her.Natalie Karsthttp://www.randomfierce.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-52415544008530767852016-11-05T06:42:43.379-11:002016-11-05T06:42:43.379-11:00My interest was caught by those who died after the...My interest was caught by those who died after the war had ended. Some, perhaps, because of influenza; but some likely died of injuries sustained during the war. The two I found most poignant were John C Zitzmann / Col or Sgt Heqrs Co 312 ??? who died Oct. 13. 1918 - just 29 days before the end of the war; and Ernest Bisbee / Wagoner Sply Co 348 Inf who died Nov. 4. 1918, only 7 days before the end of the war. Not that their deaths were any less sad than all who died in the war (over 17 million!), but to come so close to making it out of the war alive... You just have to shake your head at the obscurity of fate sometimes.La Nightingailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04769079547153094005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-17788972776105672942016-11-05T05:24:17.360-11:002016-11-05T05:24:17.360-11:00I love it when you can put information or images o...I love it when you can put information or images out there and have people find you who can fill in the gaps. Fascinating image.Anna Matthewshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06900231457574329121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-15800241338592933902016-11-04T21:25:04.678-11:002016-11-04T21:25:04.678-11:00Make that Carbon BlancMake that Carbon BlancNatalie Karsthttp://www.randomfierce.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-33916620112940829492016-11-04T21:21:48.145-11:002016-11-04T21:21:48.145-11:00Walter Skole's body returned to Oshkosh WI Nov...Walter Skole's body returned to Oshkosh WI Nov 13, 1920, and was buried there the next day. He had several siblings. That cemetery seems to have been Mont Blanc.Natalie Karsthttp://www.randomfierce.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2654707306721822289.post-34690681330233010312016-11-04T21:14:05.870-11:002016-11-04T21:14:05.870-11:00Found a lovely article about a French boy who look...Found a lovely article about a French boy who looked after the grave of Walter Skole in France and wrote to his parents.Natalie Karsthttp://www.randomfierce.comnoreply@blogger.com