One Soldier's Story
Submitted by James Sallings on Tue, 05/07/2024 - 10:45During World War II there were 12,000 heavy bombers shot down. Two-thirds of Allied bomber crews were lost for each plane destroyed. Over 100,000 Allied bomber crewmen were killed over Europe. Six bomber crewmen were killed for each one wounded.
More U.S. servicemen died in the Air Corps than the Marine Corps. While completing the required 30 missions, your chance of being killed was 71 percent. From June 6, 1944 to May 8, 1945 in Europe the Allies had 200,000 dead and 550,000 wounded.
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Kay L. Clapp
Tue, 03/19/2024 - 19:04
Periwinkle Snails
When I first read "Periwinkles" I remembered my mama used to call them "Pennywinkles". I figured that was how you spelled it. Good to know the history behind the name and that the correct spelling is "Pinnywinkles" and the original Old English is "Pinewincle". Didn't know they were edible but I used to pick them out of the creek (empty ones) and collect them when I was a little girl. Thank you so much for that information on one of our mountain words that we have held onto!
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