[ALBSA-Info] From CNN

[Agron Alibali]

As the United States marks the 60th anniversary of its
entry into World War II in 2001, the living memories
of the generation that experienced the war are
slipping into history. 

At the same time, the grandchildren and
great-grandchildren of that generation are growing up
without any real sense of what life was like during
the war -- on the battlefronts and on the home front. 

CNN.com invites our readers who lived through World
War II to submit their personal remembrances of the
war years. Your written accounts will become part of
an archive of World War II memories. 

Tell us in your own words what the war years mean to
you. 

It is important, of course, to remember the sacrifices
of the young men and women who fought and died. 

But later generations should also know about the
laughter and the tears on the home front, about
gasoline and food rationing, travel restrictions, wage
and price controls, forced displacements, about the
value of radio broadcasts, newspaper reports and
writing letters, about the G.I. Bill and readjusting
to civilian life. 

Perhaps most of all, later generations should
appreciate the extraordinary sense of national purpose
the country experienced and has rarely known since. 

We also are interested if you would like to share with
us your memorabilia -- photographs, movies, tape
recordings, pamphlets, posters, telegrams, ration
books, unit patches, letters to loved ones -- anything
that can be reproduced photographically or
electronically. 

Send us a brief description of your materials along
with your stories and we will let you know whether we
can include them on the Web site. 

We expect to launch the site in April 2001 and add to
it through December 7, 2001. 

Click here for a printable version. 

  Please send your e-mails to: memories at cnn.com 
Or send by regular mail to: Memories, CNN Interactive,
11th Floor SW 
 One CNN Center, Atlanta, Ga. 30303 

Note: Only those entries accompanied by a home
address, a daytime phone number, and an e-mail address
(if any) will be considered.
 
 
 
 


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