Thanksgiving Day in 1950’s style
Thanksgiving at home hasn’t changed much…
TO ALL MY FRIENDS, READERS AND CASUAL VISITORS –
HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!
the turkey gets cooked…
and we look forward to dessert!
Thanksgiving by Rockwell
USS Vulcan at se
Hockey game – 3rd Princess Patricia’s Battalion won 4-2 vs 1st Batt/Royal 22nd Reg. The matches took place “in the sound of heavy guns of the nearby US Army artillery”___Vince Courtnay
anyone with a free minute enjoyed this action
In the field… frien
Click on to enlarge
For Some a Grand Hanukkah
FOR EVERYONE OUT THERE — HAVE A GREAT DAY!
and everyone gets stuffed…
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Two items for our veterans…
two stories for our veterans and volunteers
Please click on to read.
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Farewell Salutes –
Purple Heart
Alfred Bosland – Woodhaven, NY & Delray Bch., FL; US Navy, WWII, Purple Heart, PTO
Wayne Boswell – Okeechobee, FL; US Army, Vietnam
David Jeremiah – Ft. Myer, VA; US Navy, Admiral (Ret.), VChairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, CO Pacific Fleet, Cruiser Destroyer Group 8, Destroyer Squadron 24 & CO USS Preble (DDG-46)
Charles Norton, Jr.; Quincy, MA; US Army, MSgt., Korea
Lenard Kramer – Los Angeles, CA; US Army Air Corps, WWII, B-17 navigator
Kathryn Kurka – Custer, SD & Los Angeles, CA – US Army nurse, WWII, India & Burma, 73rd Evacuation Hospital
Martin Reinis – Santa Monica, CA; US Army Air Corps, WWII, B-17 pilot
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Personal note –
I apologize for the disorganization in this post – the format would not cooperate today – perhaps it is on holiday as well. Thank you for coming by.
For another great site – before you make your first toast of the day – http://dshenai.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/interesting-insightful-toasts-for-thanksgiving/
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Posted on November 28, 2013, in Korean War, Uncategorized and tagged family history, History, Korean War, Military, Military History, nostalgia, Pacific War, Thanksgiving. Bookmark the permalink. 96 Comments.
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Thank you for your constant help.
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Happy thanksgiving to you !!!!
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Thank you very much. I wish you all the very best.
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And me for you….
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From what I have heard from other bloggers WP is messing with the site again. You did well, included everyone including the cat lovers! Love the retro stuff. Hope you had a great holiday!
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It was very quiet.
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Sometimes, quiet is good. 😉 Mine was busy, busy , busy…helping my aunt whose mobility is failing. Up till 2 AM every day, trying to get it dine in just a few days, which I did! 😀 But started off the trip by breaking my hand on Wednesday, right before I was getting ready to fly out. 😦
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I’m so sorry to hear that, Mrs P. Such small bones in the hand, it must have been terribly painful! But now you can “out-source” Christmas shopping !! 😀
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Ooh…out-sourcing sound great, too late I cybered my way through X-Mas! 😉
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Then – it’s time for you to put your head back, breathe a sigh of relief and rest…
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Funny…I did just that. A small breathe before part two – wrapping and shipping. lol
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Outsourcing, Mrs P. — Outsourcing!!!
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Great 50s pics mate, hope your thanksgiving day was to your expectations.
Cheers
Ian
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Yes, it was quiet and filled with football.
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Thanks to Everett Smith for his service and thanks to you for faithfully making this high quality blog available to the world. Remembering is not something everyone does well; we are too fast paced to know what good qualities were earned before us.
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Thank you very much for your comment, Mike. I often need the encouragement.
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I love the pictures of the hockey game. Reminds me a little of the stories of soccer games during the 1914 Christmas Truce.
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I did not realize that, we learn something new everyday. Thank you for dropping in to check us out today.
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I remember most of those pictures from the 1950s, Jim
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I know they do for me – great time, wasn’t it?!
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I love the old advertisements and photographs! Thank you for posting.
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You are more than welcome – I get a kick out of them myself – a lot of great memories. Thanks for coming by.
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I am so late reading your post I will have to say Belated Happy Thanksgiving. Great items about the young veterans.
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No need to apologize, this is a hectic time of year for everyone. I appreciate you stopping by when you can.
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And I have been trying to find time to watch this https://archive.org/details/gov.ntis.ava04168vnb1 Have managed about 15 minutes of it.
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Sorry it has taken so long for me to respond, I needed to watch the video in stages. The original stories are rough to watch and listen to but the gradual improvement was encouraging. Being an unscripted film, I have to give the men credit for allowing their therapy to be recorded. Thank you for adding this into the site for future visitors to watch; it is truly a part of history.
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Yes, in stages is best. I think it’s a fascinating piece of history and I appreciate that style of documentary, so different from what is done today. The men deserve great credit.
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Yes, I’m sure it took a lot out of each one to be filmed like that. Thanks again.
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Reblogged this on quirkywritingcorner and commented:
I remember those things well
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Thank you very, Quirky. I hope your readers enjoy it as well.
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I always like to watch your collection of pictures, it`s like looking back in a time when I was a little child. Thank you for sharing.
Have a happy weekend
Klausbernd
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That is exactly how I feel. It is so good to know that other people feel the same way about that age.
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A little late but I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. I just love these old ads and photos! And what wonderful stories about those two young veterans. Thanks, GP, and have a wonderful weekend! 🙂
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Thanks, Linda. Yes, we’re having a great weekend, glad you enjoyed the post; such memories for me.
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Awww. Happy (belated, darn it!) Thanksgiving, to you my dear historian friend! I am thankful for your friendship and the great blog you produce which is history as history should have been printed for us when we were all in school. No wonder Rush Limbaugh has taken to calling school “screw-el”, for heaven’s sakes! We must have the truth if it is to be something we learn our mistakes from…for this honesty I salute you sir! Thank you.
I hope you had a fine holiday with those things and people that matter most.
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I thank you very much for your comments. My day was quiet (except for football) and hope yours was a wonderful day.
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What you called disorganization, turned out to be a very nice recollection of Thanksgivings gone by. Thanks for all you do to keep memories alive.
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Thank you, Bev. I re-did the post 3 times and the pictures and words would not coordinate in the preview the way they looked on my dashboard – it drove me crazy. I’m just glad you enjoyed it.
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I shared those pictures at dinner (which meant we didn’t have time for our Healthcare Discussion. Darn). What fun.
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Thank you, Jacqui. I hope your dinner guests have fond memories of those days and enjoyed the pix.
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Sorry I’ve been gone. Just catching up on my favorite blogs, and you present this beautiful and nostalgic holiday piece. The format looks WONDERFUL on my mobile device as I sit at my dad’s hospital bedside. So glad I didn’t miss your Thanksgiving post!
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Thank you for taking the time to see it. I’m very sorry yours was spent in the hospital.
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It’s fun to see how Thanksgiving was portrayed in the media in the 50s. Thanks for sharing. I hope that you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.
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Yes I did, Sheryl. Thank you for asking. I imagine yours was quite traditional?
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Love the old holiday photos!
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They’re always my favorite. They bring back so many happy memories.
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Happy Thanksgiving! Now we have an American son-in-law we are learning this new date in our calendar. Love the hockey game picture and the cat!
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I think it’s good to have a Thanksgiving Day – no matter what country or religion – we ALL have at least one thing to be grateful for – so say with family. (I know the cat isn’t from the ’50’s era, but I couldn’t resist a little humor.)
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Thanks for displaying the Thanksgiving of MY era.
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More than welcome, Rafe. I remember those days and surely miss them.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
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Thank you, Donica.
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My pleasure.
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Your pictures brought back some font memories… for me it was the annual rivalry between two high schools and football… but the excitement was still there.
Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours.
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Oh, and what a football day that was, I remember it well.
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Rockwell — one of my all-time heroes, one of the Greats~!
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Everybody loves Rockwell, an American tradition.
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Lovely post, enjoyed it!
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Thank you, Bernadette.
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And a very happy Thanksgiving to you – love all those wonderful images!
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Thank you. Give the animals a hug for me.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you, your family and all my friends in the USofA. Enjoy your special day!!! 🙂
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Thank you so much.
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Happy Thanksgiving to everyone!
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Thank you for enjoying this post that much. Hope you had a great day yourself, Sally.
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Wow! This is absolutely fabulous feast on Thanksgiving. It surely takes us back in time. Thanks for the great experience, gpcox.
Also thanks for the pingback and referencing to my post on toasts for Thanksgiving.
Cheers!
-Deo
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You deserved it, Deo. Happy you enjoyed the post.
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Happy Thanksgiving
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Thank you – hope your was good too.
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HAPPY THANKSGIVING , back atcha !
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Reminds of Norman Rockwell paintings. Happy T Day.
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Don’t eat too much, Carl. How did you like our quick cold snap?
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Fabulous post!
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Thank you.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Same to you, Adam.
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Happy US Thanksgiving! We in Canada celebrated ours about 6 weeks ago. Hope yours is peaceful and resembles some of those great old depictions you posted….except the hockey game in a war zone.
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Thanks, most of it did. Hope your was just as nice.
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Real blasts from the past, there. Lots of spectators – TV at dinner, hockey, and husband and son at turkey-cooking.
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Thank you, glad you enjoyed it.
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Happy Thanksgiving!
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Happy Thanksgiving to you, too.
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Happy Thanksgiving…and oddly…stay warm! We are such weather wimps…aren’t we? 🙂
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Yes, hope you enjoyed your day
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I liked the post. In the UK we don’t really understand this Thanksgiving Day stuff of course!
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I wouldn’t think so, Andrew. Thanks for coming by.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family GP! I hope your day is filled with blessings.
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Thank you, it has been.
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Happy Thanksgiving to you also!
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Thank you.
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Happy Thanksgiving Day all the way from “Down Under” – I wish we had such a holiday in Australia and everywhere for to dedicate a day to giving thanks is just so right for everyone!
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With your expertise, you should be able to start something up. Thanks for stopping in.
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What a wonderful post! Your photos put a big bright smile on my face. 🙂 Happy Thanksgiving and a lovely holiday to you and yours.
Greetings from the Rhine Valley
Dina
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Thank you, same to you and yours.
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