#sincerely j

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One of the veterans I loved dearly passed away last night, and I just realised I’d never gotten a photo with him. I unfortunately didn’t know him too long, but he was such a joy. The first time I met him, at the end of the conversation, he held my hand and said, “You have warm hands. You must have a warm heart”. He was just a lovely man. I’m trying to book flights for his funeral, but timing just might not work out. I don’t know. I might just road trip it even though it’d be about nine hours. I’m just kind of doing whatever so I don’t cry anymore

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The thing about World War II history that I need people to understand is that it's a ticking clock. Because we still have veterans right now! We have living histories and currently untold stories that can still be shared. We still have time to do right by all those still here. But the time is running out, and it's becoming so so short. We lose less veterans per day than we used to, but only because there are so few left. Work chats and social media pages have constant flows of the people we continue to lose.

If you're interested in WWII history at all, please get involved. Museums, research, online work, volunteering, even just visiting sites - I don't care what, but please please get involved. There will be a time, likely within the lifetimes of every person reading this, where there will be no more WWII veterans left, but that time isn't now. If you're interested in it at all, you still have time.

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Creating a wartime era outfit for the event is going alright! I have my shoes and dress - both are 'modern' but fit the era style, so I think they'll work well. I go to get the dress hemmed on Tuesday. With all the events coming up, having clothes that fit well and look right but which are also comfortable and can be moved around in is pretty important! I have tights coming in (I'm not drawing a seam up my leg, y'all; I'm getting tights), and I'm now onto makeup and hair. The plan is pillow rollers I think? Mostly because I'm not confident enough to do pin curls or hard curlers at the moment, and I don't want to worry about dents with sponge rollers. Makeup is a little harder, but I mostly just need a lipstick and to figure out how to put everything together. I'll be doing some style trials next week to figure things out, but if y'all have any resources or recommendations, please let me know!

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I'm truly trying to post more on this page, both to share things with other WWII history enthusiasts and to create a digital diary for myself, but it's a bit rough! I was almost completely offline for all of the last week of March to work an event, and I wasn't online much the week before that or this week because I was either preparing for that event or playing catch-up. I've missed... quite a bit, in many ways. Anyway, I'll truly try to post more if I can!