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Originally Posted by sammyg2
My family has a tradition going back five generations where the men write a story of their life and memories before they get too old, and share it with the rest of the family.
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How I wish my family had done something like that. There were a lot of oral stories, but over time the details tend to be forgotten or blurred. My brothers and I don't always agree on what we "think" we remember. I do have a few letters that my mom wrote that record her memories. Here is one about riding the train between Chicago and Milwaukee. She was working as a nurse before WWII and joined the Army as a nurse after the war broke out.
