> The Fred's Head Companion > Wednesday, March 08, 2006 > > The Sounds of World War II > > By Michael McCarty > > > To ever truly understand those generations before us, we must fully > understand their times. > > For those of us fortunate, or unfortunate, enough to have been born into > the world after Thomas A. Edison, we can gain a sense of the past by > listening to the sounds our predecessors preserved for us. > > The intent of Irv Mitchell's QUEST: Echoes of the Past website is to > present selected recordings from yesteryear, presented as MP3 downloads, > so those living today may hear the echoes of generations before. The focus > is World War II - the greatest calamity yet to befall humankind. > > The Second World War was a common experience shared by every individual > then living, one that continues to influence the lives of all of us who > have followed. > > Over 50 million souls perished in the war, many from the US. Countless > families, on all sides of the war, were wiped out in their entirety. > > Click this link to visit Irv Mitchell's QUEST: Echoes of the Past website. > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~irvmitchell/gene/echoes.html > > > > http://fredsheadcompanion.blogspot.com/ To subscribe or to leave the list, or to set other subscription options, go to www.freelists.org/list/real-eyes