[78-L] Two days before...

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You're right, this was written from the perspective of someone whose history books have a somewhat different perspective of the war than most of the world.  
 
I've changed it to read, 
 
"Here is a unique peek into the American past.  Dec 5, 1941, just 2 days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, some folks were spending a carefree Friday evening around their new Packard-Bell Phonocord 78 rpm record recording machine, unaware that come Sunday morning, the seemingly distant wars in Europe and Asia would envelope the United States."
 
Better??  CDB

--- On Sat, 12/12/09, Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu> wrote:


From: Ron L'Herault <lherault at bu.edu>
Subject: Re: [78-L] Two days before...
To: "'78-L Mail List'" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
Date: Saturday, December 12, 2009, 1:44 PM


Maybe the writer should have said "their world".

Ron L

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:78-l-bounces at klickitat.78online.com] On Behalf Of Kristjan Saag
Sent: Saturday, December 12, 2009 3:33 PM
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Subject: Re: [78-L] Two days before...

I particulary love the part of the youtube info that says:

> Dec 5, 1941, just 2 days before the attack on Pearl Harbor, some folks 
> were
> spending a carefree Friday evening around their new Packard-Bell Phonocord

>  > 78 rpm record recording machine, unaware that come Sunday morning, the
> world would be plunged into World War II.
--
I alwys thought WW II began in September 1939. But that was Europe. The 
World was plunged into war in December 1941. Cute.
Reminds me of another ethnocentric joke, a headline from a British 
newspaper: "Fog over the Channel -  Europe isolated".
Kristjan 

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