tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post1071832204816676159..comments2024-03-18T14:05:01.415-04:00Comments on Heroes, Heroines, and History: ANNE GREENE'S - WHERE DID ALL THE MEN GO? Debbie Lynne Costellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16381517812227326616noreply@blogger.comBlogger64125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-88945611058933935602013-03-27T14:20:11.471-04:002013-03-27T14:20:11.471-04:00Thank you, Lisa. It's so much fun for me to tr...Thank you, Lisa. It's so much fun for me to travel back to that time in my imagination. You will love my book, Angel With Steel Wings.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-49186802815291026872013-03-20T14:11:02.453-04:002013-03-20T14:11:02.453-04:00Janet Estridge, you won a copy of Masquerade Marri...Janet Estridge, you won a copy of Masquerade Marriage. Congratulations! I'll email you with the news, so you can send me your address! Everyone, including Janet, who commented is also entered in the Kindle and $25 gift card drawing. See you all next week on April 14th for another chance to win one of my books. I'll be discussing GOING COMMANDO! Please come visit with me. Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-15818540384829647332013-03-17T22:28:33.477-04:002013-03-17T22:28:33.477-04:00Lol, Anne! You have me pegged! I am a pastor...Lol, Anne! You have me pegged! I am a pastor's wife and a mother, and that's exactly what I always wanted to be!Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04559934405090747046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-73817134676824122522013-03-17T20:40:39.783-04:002013-03-17T20:40:39.783-04:00I love how you wrote it from the point of view of ...I love how you wrote it from the point of view of women in that era!<br />Lisa<br />deisel@yahoo.caAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-21509947650100867552013-03-17T16:44:42.655-04:002013-03-17T16:44:42.655-04:00Rose, being part of the WASPs was the highlight of...Rose, being part of the WASPs was the highlight of many women's life. I read obituaries of women who served, and each has a large section dedicated to their time of service and what they did afterward.I'm sure you would have been a great pilot. Maybe you will still pursue that course. It's never too late. Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-88415917361637150702013-03-17T16:40:19.911-04:002013-03-17T16:40:19.911-04:00Jorie, thank you for your service with Soldiers...Jorie, thank you for your service with Soldiers' Angels. And thank you for your kind and interesting post! How wonderful you are volunteering to help our sometmes forgotten soldiers who are still out there putting their lives on the line. I'm so glad you stopped in to visit, and I hope you will stop in to see me every 14th day of the month. It's lovely to talk with you. Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-37352983842424940452013-03-17T16:31:37.623-04:002013-03-17T16:31:37.623-04:00Woo Woo! Those war bond ladies showed a lot of leg...Woo Woo! Those war bond ladies showed a lot of leg. Some of the first pin-ups. Although it was also grueling going from city to city, it had to be fun and satisfying. Those ladies also had booths with kisses for those men who signed up for war bonds.I think I would have liked selling war bonds too! Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-50029608021424769042013-03-17T16:29:23.208-04:002013-03-17T16:29:23.208-04:00Thank you, Wendy, and I hope you will read Masquer...Thank you, Wendy, and I hope you will read Masquerade Marriage too. This is a great book for all ages.<br />Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-37790487152329063982013-03-17T16:27:01.739-04:002013-03-17T16:27:01.739-04:00Thanks for the lovely words, Amada! I know one of ...Thanks for the lovely words, Amada! I know one of you ladies will win Masquerade Marriage. I plan to give away a book each month, so stay tuned in on th 14th and if you don't win this time, you will have more chances. Good to hear from you. Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-29879564090187077452013-03-17T16:24:43.305-04:002013-03-17T16:24:43.305-04:00Either branch of the service would have been a cha...Either branch of the service would have been a challange and very exciting. I think you would have made a super pilot.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-46391223847672411772013-03-17T16:22:40.435-04:002013-03-17T16:22:40.435-04:00What a blessing your aunt could remarry. So many, ...What a blessing your aunt could remarry. So many, many babies never got to grow up with fathers. But, even in this our women were overcomers and did whatever it took to raise those children.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-58960007219333212362013-03-17T16:20:57.602-04:002013-03-17T16:20:57.602-04:00I'm so pleased to hear about your mom's pr...I'm so pleased to hear about your mom's prom. What a lovely picture you painted. And the girls went anyway! Hooray for them! It is sad that in a few years so many of the young soldiers who fought for the world's freedom will pass to their rewards. So good to hear from you. Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-67249792898794244072013-03-17T16:15:23.410-04:002013-03-17T16:15:23.410-04:00Debra, how lovely to hear from you. I love the pic...Debra, how lovely to hear from you. I love the picture of your mom's high school prom. Yep, that was the group hardest hit with no men available. And yet, the girls went! Hooray for them! And it is sad that in a very few years, the surviving heroic soldiers of WWII will all be gone to their reward. I hope my book will inspire people to once again tell their children what happened when the world almost lost its freedom...so we won't let that happen again.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-54879065031753916782013-03-17T16:09:20.000-04:002013-03-17T16:09:20.000-04:00Yes, the writing to them definitely would have bee...Yes, the writing to them definitely would have been on my list. I did that for my brother when he was in the military - he said it makes a difference. Oh goodness, the thought of what heartbreak they had just makes me want to weep. So many women losing husbands and boyfriends. Thanks for this post!Susan Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00885508869904521374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-5890893137510241922013-03-17T16:08:55.428-04:002013-03-17T16:08:55.428-04:00So nice to hear of all your memories! Perhaps you&...So nice to hear of all your memories! Perhaps you're right about this generation having a hard time doing without. But, I think with Americans loving their country as we do, tday's women could rally and learn to do whatever it takes to come up winners. And I think medics then and now have the hardest job and need to be the bravist of men in the military. You must be so proud of your brother. Thanks for visiting.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-22693572674645683772013-03-17T16:00:22.781-04:002013-03-17T16:00:22.781-04:00I, too, love the Big Band sounds. That dancing app...I, too, love the Big Band sounds. That dancing appeared to be a lot of fun. You would have been so popular, dancing and cooking for the fellas. Really a win-win time, and probably you wouldn't have known too often when the men didn't come home. Lots of fellas came and went to those dances. Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-89406609017370460742013-03-17T15:54:27.351-04:002013-03-17T15:54:27.351-04:00Deborah, nice to visit with you here. I'm so g...Deborah, nice to visit with you here. I'm so glad you like my article!Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-77540624448009206932013-03-17T15:52:48.806-04:002013-03-17T15:52:48.806-04:00Yes,
WWII was a time of great hardship with the r...Yes, <br />WWII was a time of great hardship with the rationing, the new experiences that took people out of their comfort zones,and the awful missing of the men. Working at a military post would have been a happy/sad time. So many of the men never came back.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-45516088811732577842013-03-17T15:49:16.254-04:002013-03-17T15:49:16.254-04:00And I'm so looking forward to your reading it-...And I'm so looking forward to your reading it--as well as all my books.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-62557047313064428832013-03-17T15:47:57.808-04:002013-03-17T15:47:57.808-04:00Yep, you probably would have been doing both as we...Yep, you probably would have been doing both as well as all the canning that came with harvest. It was a tough time, but a time those who went through it will always remember. Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-978521189401117282013-03-17T15:46:31.198-04:002013-03-17T15:46:31.198-04:00Thanks, Sue. Yes, the women that came before us ce...Thanks, Sue. Yes, the women that came before us certainly left us good models to follow. I think you would have been writing to a bunch of men, giving them encouragement and blessings. And havin your heart broken when one of them turned up missing.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-45264871618104950532013-03-17T15:43:48.497-04:002013-03-17T15:43:48.497-04:00Thanks, Betz. I really like your name. I think you...Thanks, Betz. I really like your name. I think you would have enjoyed working on the home front. I love your generous spirit.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-2969822895861276812013-03-17T15:40:28.309-04:002013-03-17T15:40:28.309-04:00Kay, what a truly lovely thing to do. And, being a...Kay, what a truly lovely thing to do. And, being a child of a military man, I think you would have had a great time as a WASP.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-54313010555057123202013-03-17T15:38:14.161-04:002013-03-17T15:38:14.161-04:00Janet, I hope you win a copy of Masquerade Marriag...Janet, I hope you win a copy of Masquerade Marriage, I'd love for you to share it with your church library. I will be giving away more copies in the following months, so if you don't win this time, you'll have other opportunities. I hate for you not to be familiar with my name and my books.Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4271375082145370896.post-12384482431453443582013-03-17T15:32:15.743-04:002013-03-17T15:32:15.743-04:00Oh, Kathleen, I'm so sorry you didn't take...Oh, Kathleen, I'm so sorry you didn't take advantage of your scholarship. My aunt also had a scholarship and became a nurse. She took care of babies during the war years. But, obviously God had a different, more wonderful plan for your life. Thanks for visiting. Anne Greenehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07033138385514434006noreply@blogger.com