Such trips make great weekend trips for the family, a father/son, or even a father/daughter outing, and can be done in any season including winter. A great way to introduce our children to this era of history is by taking them to some of Washington State's excellent military museums.

We also want our children to learn about their grandparents in World War Two. What division was our father in? Where did he fight? Did he lose friends in action? We struggle to recall our mother's stories about when she was in the WASPs or Marines Auxiliary, with that hairstyle that we only see in World War Two movies. Our curiosity piqued, we read through their fading diaries and letters to each other, to find out more about them. Good looking, dashing, beautiful, so alive, the exciting times showing in their eyes and expressions. We rummage through our father's dusty old military chest or kitbag in the attic.Īs we thumb through the crumpled old photos of these dashingly handsome young men and pretty young women in their military uniforms, we find it hard to believe they ever looked so young. Brought up with our parent's, uncle's and aunt's tales of WWII we're coming forward in ever increasing numbers to read books about World War II, or the Korean War. Throughout Washington and the rest of the United States of America it's as if a time-release capsule has been activated in the minds of the baby boomer generation as it reaches into its fifties and sixties, and our parent's World War Two generation, sadly, fades away. These include naval bases, army bases, airfields, and forts. There are still over thirty significant sites with buildings and other remnants of World War II found here. The State of Washington played a major role in World War II because of its strategic location as the gateway to the Pacific and Alaska.

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