International Friendships

Clothing

We also used to have a regulr visit from a prisoner of war, a German man called Horst Tank. He was very...

Pubs and Pills

From my bedroom window I had a grandstand view and remember a group of very happy airmen staggering up the...

Toys from POW

German and Italian prisoner of war were used to supplement the farm labour. One German POW carved planes...

Personal Message from the Queen

My great aunt Mrs Ivy Day received a certificate in recognition for her help in taking refugees. She was...

Irene Johnson -Autograph Book

Irene has an autoraph book signed by the american soldiers she met when stationed in Dorset in the Land...

POWs at Raydon Mill

I can remember several German POW's worked at my uncle's farm at Raydon Mill....

POWs around Kersey

There were lots of Italian and German POW's working on the land around Kersey. And one girl I knew well...

Yanks

I remember very clearly the kindness of the American soldiers when they arrived. They gave parties for the...

'The Yanks Are Coming'

A couple of years later the other partners in the Atlantic Alliance came on the scene.With a cavalier...

The GI 'Invasion' of my hometown, Torquay

The GI's are in town girls, They're friendly, fast and free, So out with comb and curling tongs And...

The Dazzling Black American

Grown up males, unlike the children and young women, could not admit that the Yanks were more glamorous, so...

When the Americans came to England and were based in the West Country

I shall never forget the lorries that used to park in our road, and every morning they went off to Slapton...

How Enemies Became Friends

Karl and Erhart were befriended by my mother Ruth Roberta, who was the village postwoman. Following the...

memories of the army camp in Fivemiletown

None-the-less I retain vivid memories of events that occurred during the years of 1939 — 1945,...

Womens Land Army Service 1944 to 1946

My maiden name was Kathleen Hilda Goulburn and during my time in the WLA, I was billeted at "Redworth...

Fritz: POW and Life-long Friend

I remember Fritz saying he wanted to show his son the hut he shared with other prisoners and moreover, to...

Yanks and GI brides in Sandy Row

But the shelters … There was dance hall at the top of our street, Richview dance hall. They thought...

Getting friendly with the Americans

His duties at Dartmouth were to maintain the engines on the motor torpedo boats that operated in the...

FED BY THE ENEMY

One of them, Bruno, told us he had many relations living in the United States but they were unable to send...

My Father worked for the Yanks

Soldierstown is about a couple of miles out of Aghillee... He found there was some difficulty around the...

The FANYs First Aid Nursing Yeomanry.

When we could, we went to dances at the Rose and Crown in Harnham. A friend told me about a car coming...

The Full Circle

In the morning the German was asking where my dad was and when he was told he wept... God Bless you Dad...

Rescued by his brother-in-law in Burma

From there he was sent into Burma to get the 14th Army out of Rangoon... Charlie McTieran was in the 14th...

Re: AMERICANS - no women in pubs

His story was given to Trebah WW2 Video Archive, supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund in 2004. We were...

Prisoners of war

He regarded the English and Italian prisoners as totally beneath him. The Italian prisoners were extremely...

Connie Evans' Jitterbugging Quickstep.

My friend, Edna, and I were at Burton's storeroom or dance hall in Union Street, Plymouth. I'd been...