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| pnickols |
Posted - Dec 11 2010 : 07:56:50 AM
just finished a book about the people of North Platte who ran a canteen manned and supplied by surrounding communities. they met and fed every on of the troop trains who went thru there during WW II, sometimes feeding 7,000 boys in a day. they used their own food and ration stamps and had a profound effect on the boys who stopped . really touching book, I wonder if my father or my uncles went thru North Platte ? |
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| pnickols |
Posted - Dec 28 2010 : 5:17:09 PM
once upon a time is the title, it's a great story and says so much about the spirit of those midwestern people who gave up their own food and rations to feed troops rolling thru their town |
| Montrose Girl |
Posted - Dec 28 2010 : 06:44:21 AM
That's a great story. I'll have to look for it.
Best Growing |
| melody |
Posted - Dec 27 2010 : 9:29:54 PM
http://www.amazon.com/Once-Upon-Town-Miracle-Canteen/dp/006008197X
Is this the book you are talking about?
Melody
Farmgirl #525
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| mickib |
Posted - Dec 27 2010 : 4:35:02 PM
Patricia, do you know the title of the book? It sounds very interesting, and my husband was born in Lexington but raised in North Platte and some of the surrounding area, so there he might be interested. |
| pumpkinvine |
Posted - Dec 18 2010 : 6:46:34 PM
I read this book a few years ago. Loved it!
Amy from Lompoc
Farmgirl Sister #119
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| pnickols |
Posted - Dec 12 2010 : 07:26:59 AM
being a History nerd it really interested me, it was a good book and makes you think about people now, would they do such a thing now ? |
| Patsy |
Posted - Dec 12 2010 : 06:16:57 AM
I saw this on an old Charles Karault report years ago. It looked so great.
Patsy
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