tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post7669663760890761999..comments2024-03-19T08:02:51.904-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: On Being HeroicJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-28343376710778874072019-03-08T08:59:14.667-05:002019-03-08T08:59:14.667-05:00I think there was a lot of every day heroism, in a...I think there was a lot of every day heroism, in addition to the front lines. I"m not even so sure most of the workers at Bletchley knew how big the job was, at least when they started. They were doing their part as it presented itself. As we all would, right? Ex: my mom was on medical leave from first year at college at as a lit. major when the war started. She never went back. Took a govt course that prepared her to do special war work at a company that made communication devices for the Army. Spent hours every day on a bus to get there. Came home and wrote every day to fiance who was stationed at a big Air Corps base in FL.I didn't know until I was grown and ran across some records, that the "course" was the accelerated equivalent of a semester or two of engineering school! Advanced math! Physics! Or ( ahem, since I wrote about it in Brooklyn Wars) women who put on overalls,ignored harassment and went to work in "mens" jobs at places like the Navy Yard?Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38869594392971274482019-03-07T22:00:19.167-05:002019-03-07T22:00:19.167-05:00Happy Birthday!Happy Birthday!Lyda McPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05211808700153787911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3837650657080107302019-03-07T20:21:29.771-05:002019-03-07T20:21:29.771-05:00Wow, David! You are indeed a hero!
Wow, David! You are indeed a hero!<br />Kathy Reelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17004247271452356577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59923074344676913032019-03-07T20:12:43.838-05:002019-03-07T20:12:43.838-05:00Hi Diana, no he flew over Vietnam tracking radio s...Hi Diana, no he flew over Vietnam tracking radio signals from the ground while translating them into English. Robin Williams portrayed a DJ on Armed Forces Radio. Coralee Hickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06691335135691119400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86914915500775143722019-03-07T18:10:00.286-05:002019-03-07T18:10:00.286-05:00David, you saved a lot of people! I remember when...David, you saved a lot of people! I remember when I was being picked up by a shuttle van to go to the airport and the driver forgot to set the parking brake. I yelled at him while it was slowly rolling backward and I was waiting on the sidewalk. The driver ran back to the van and set the parking brake!<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42912526666682037902019-03-07T18:07:22.466-05:002019-03-07T18:07:22.466-05:00Loved the Victory Garden. I reserved a copy at my...Loved the Victory Garden. I reserved a copy at my library.<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-46318269063829148072019-03-07T18:06:38.773-05:002019-03-07T18:06:38.773-05:00Was the radio operator similiar to the Robin Willi...Was the radio operator similiar to the Robin Williams character in Good Morning Vietnam movie?<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-65312741941915727592019-03-07T18:05:05.018-05:002019-03-07T18:05:05.018-05:00You did not give up (I cannot spell perserved ) an...You did not give up (I cannot spell perserved ) and triumphed over adversity! I love your Hat Shop mysteries.<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-62289713314908208672019-03-07T18:03:04.318-05:002019-03-07T18:03:04.318-05:00I see myself flying planes during the war and deli...I see myself flying planes during the war and delivering planes to different air bases in the UK during the war.<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-47979294363289444532019-03-07T18:02:16.243-05:002019-03-07T18:02:16.243-05:00like at Bletchley ?like at Bletchley ?Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-29469328335066499052019-03-07T17:54:28.896-05:002019-03-07T17:54:28.896-05:00Being a spy would be tough! I think it takes grea...Being a spy would be tough! I think it takes great acting skills! I can only imagine what it is like being undercover.<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-72589988700295390802019-03-07T17:52:41.945-05:002019-03-07T17:52:41.945-05:00I love the Maggie Hope mysteries. It would be tou...I love the Maggie Hope mysteries. It would be tough being a spy. It would take great acting skills!Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-84133406136908017502019-03-07T17:52:01.397-05:002019-03-07T17:52:01.397-05:00Yes, women do work well together.Yes, women do work well together.Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-42923378829177015952019-03-07T17:51:13.031-05:002019-03-07T17:51:13.031-05:00Edith, you were lucky. I think you have a guardia...Edith, you were lucky. I think you have a guardian angel.<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79857646399679583652019-03-07T17:50:20.469-05:002019-03-07T17:50:20.469-05:00You are good at writing about books, right?You are good at writing about books, right?Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-87550087031437074382019-03-07T17:49:54.789-05:002019-03-07T17:49:54.789-05:00Puzzles are fun :-)Puzzles are fun :-)Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-4901893180281648972019-03-07T16:40:39.216-05:002019-03-07T16:40:39.216-05:00Happy birthday to DebRo!
Do you remember the pea ...Happy birthday to DebRo!<br /><br />Do you remember the pea soup fog in England when you lived in England? I loved the Alice Network. You are in for a treat!<br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-59827145478024215092019-03-07T16:39:26.082-05:002019-03-07T16:39:26.082-05:00Rhys, that is so cool! I remember Jane Asher from...Rhys, that is so cool! I remember Jane Asher from several BBC movies and tv series. <br /><br />DianaBibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-22658807984386008942019-03-07T16:08:12.851-05:002019-03-07T16:08:12.851-05:00David, you did a wonderful thing!David, you did a wonderful thing!Deborah Crombiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16988750789088153601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68393648969515823592019-03-07T15:22:49.911-05:002019-03-07T15:22:49.911-05:00I don’t think I could be heroic “on the spot” but ...I don’t think I could be heroic “on the spot” but maybe I would surprise myself in the moment. Perhaps I could work behind the scenes. I’d like to think I could learn to break codes! (As a quiet person that nobody ever noticed, I briefly wrote a gossip column for a dormitory newsletter in college. I like to think of myself as a good listener! When people realized where the information came from, they didn’t talk so freely around me!)<br /><br />David, what you did was so brave!<br /><br />DebRo <br />Deb Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650858888197217258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-91149694123541742922019-03-07T15:15:21.092-05:002019-03-07T15:15:21.092-05:00Thanks, Karen and Debs:
I haven’t logged on to Fac...Thanks, Karen and Debs:<br />I haven’t logged on to Facebook in about two years, and I completely forgot that they post birthdays! (And it’s a big one:-)<br /><br />DebRo Deb Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650858888197217258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32877333563791865912019-03-07T15:06:37.244-05:002019-03-07T15:06:37.244-05:00I went to classes in London at.a drama school that...I went to classes in London at.a drama school that specialized in young actors for movies and TV. Went up by train twice a week. Jane And Peter Asher were in my class!Authorrhysbowen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844065473614874365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-8357612081585872002019-03-07T15:02:11.527-05:002019-03-07T15:02:11.527-05:00Wow, David. A cool head indeed, and utterly heroic...Wow, David. A cool head indeed, and utterly heroic! You saved a bus full of peopleAuthorrhysbowen@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11844065473614874365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-5025129351374928812019-03-07T14:39:08.436-05:002019-03-07T14:39:08.436-05:00Shalom Reds and fans. I am not generally a hero by...Shalom Reds and fans. I am not generally a hero by nature. I am pretty calm and level-headed in stressful in crisis situations but not inclined to walk into danger. Only a very few times, have I “saved the day.” One time, I was riding a bus home from Bucks County, PA (then my mother’s home) to New York City (where I lived and worked). I was seated in the front right seat (not my usual seat) opposite the driver. At about the halfway mark, the driver seemed to be driving a little erratically. I got up and asked him if he was all right. He said that he was but had sort of a vacant look in his eyes. A few moments later, he passed an 18-wheeler on the right and he was so close that he sheered off his left rear-view mirror. I got up again. This time I placed both of my hands over his and quietly said we had to pull over. I put my foot on the brake and slowly pumped us to a stop on the shoulder of the road. It turned out we were lucky; another driver of the company had been sleeping in the back of the bus and he was able to get us home. It turned out that the driver had had a fasting blood sugar test and had not eaten after the test. He was extremely hypoglycemic. I know it was not me. God must have sent his angels to guide my actions. I just acted without thinking. It was just so out of character for me.David Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144607647071920674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-56580035590392814392019-03-07T14:36:50.603-05:002019-03-07T14:36:50.603-05:00I am "NOT" generally a hero by nature. S...I am "NOT" generally a hero by nature. Sorry.<br />David Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144607647071920674noreply@blogger.com