a spy in the house of love

… WHAT.

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Soldiers’ Farewells At Penn Station, 1944 (LIFE magazine)

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When they were courting, John and Peggy had developed a special signal so that they could always find each other in crowded places, like Coney Island. It was what John called his ‘love whistle,’ a sweet, melodious whistle in four beats he used only when he wanted to get Peggy’s attention. When John arrived at the bottom of the steps leading to her family’s home in Bensonhurst on December thirtieth, a great deal had changed in his life, but he remembered how to do the love whistle. When Peggy heard it, he says, ‘She came running out and almost took my head off.’ Her memory: ‘I had just finished making a big WELCOME HOME sign and I was talking to John’s uncle when I heard the whistle. I just ran down the steps and hugged him.’

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- Tom Brokaw, The Greatest Generation

(This made me smile on the subway this morning. So, so sweet.)

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Members of the first contingent of the Canadian Women’s Army Corps (C.W.A.C.) entering Hamm, Germany, 12 June 1945.

(L-R): Sgt. Jane Shaddock, Pte. Polly Pollyblank. Pte. Martin MacPherson is at rear.

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Mary ”Sherry” Shadburne at Camp Patrick Henry in Virginia before embarkation for overseas service.

August 1944

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