Guest Post – The Role of Sports: WW II by GPCox
I hope you are all ready for our Sunday reblog from 5 years ago. Judy has been kind enough to share these with everyone once again!! Say Hi to her over at Greatest Generation Lessons!!
GPCox shares the role sports played during World War II in entertaining those left at home. Sports was a diversion from the everyday reports of how the war was progressing in the various fronts around the world.
By: gpcox https://pacificparatrooper.wordpress.com
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The movies and newsreels of WWII provided information and diversion for many at the home front, but none could provide the escape and release of stress for the civilian as much as sports.
South Florida maintained a carnival atmosphere with the Hialeah Race Track and West Flagler Kennel Club, which took in $100,000 nightly – just to prove my point. And, somehow, travel restrictions did not deter the action at Miami’s Tropical Park. Horse racing went on, despite the war, in every country. All in all, racing boomed as the 68thrunning of the Kentucky Derby went off with 100,000 in the crowd. Unfortunately, this was…
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Posted on May 20, 2018, in Home Front, Uncategorized, WWII and tagged 1940, Home Front, Sports, WW2, WWII. Bookmark the permalink. 25 Comments.
Pacific Paratrooper 
Not certain in the event that I missed this post previously, or simply observing it out of the blue now gp, that story on Pyle was brilliant, an awesome audit of a Civilian War journalist, who clearly had a major effect on those at home with his story’s.
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I thank you for taking the time to stop by and for reading these posts – no matter when you do it.
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I’m on my way! 🙂 x
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Some of them are hysterical – thank you!!
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Great! 😀
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Not sure if I missed this post in the past, or just seeing it for the first time now gp, that story on Pyle was excellent, a great review of a Civilian War correspondent, who obviously made a big impact on those at home with his story’s.
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He was always offered a safe haven for watching the action, but insisted on being with the men. Plus, he wrote about the soldiers, not the Generals and Admirals. I believe that was what earned all the respect. (of course actually writing the truth helped too! 🙂 )
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I have been to your site, but I rarely comment on too many sites. One reason is a dire lack of time and two, I am often not qualified to comment. Everyone of us bloggers does the best we can with what we know, and hopefully along the way we meet fantastic people such as I have been lucky enough to meet here!!
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No problem visit and comment whenever you are free. Thanks for sparing your time to inform me regarding the same. You have a great blog and giving a feedback doesn’t need any qualifications on my blog.
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Thanks.
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Ah those old cigarette ads. I’m off to check out this post, GP.
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Thanks, Jacqui. Even in hard times, they knew how to have fun!!
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Enjoye following that link, thoroughly enjoyed the post.
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Thank you very much. One like this is quite enjoyable to put together!
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I really like the way you portray all elements of the war effort, GP. By doing posts such as this, it rounds out our mental images of what it was like to be alive during that great goal conflagration.
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As much as everyone’s lives were affected by this war, to get a clear picture, one must look at all the aspects of that era.
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Wonderful, GP!
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Thank you. It great to see what all can be done even in a war and still keep the country and family intact while having fun.
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Absolutely!
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YOU get it – but far too many, do not.
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I know…
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Left a comment ‘over there’ as usual, GP.
Best wishes, Pete.
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Much appreciated, Pete.
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