World War II Is Still Relevant!

Greetings! Once again, it's taken me a month to get back to you. Please forgive my delinquency.


I have some exciting news for our readers... My eldest son Christopher (11) took home the blue ribbon (first place) in the county Social Studies Fair for his project titled "The Role of American Airborne Forces in the European Theatre of World War II". I shared most of his paper with you in my last post.

His victory communicated two things to me:

1. My son, is a bright young man. (He takes after me, of course.) He currently aspires to go to West Point and then go on to be a General in the U.S. Army. Hopefully, this recognition will motivate him to keep working hard in school. (He's not always self-motivated.)
   
   
2. Intelligent people recognize that World War II is still relevant today. It was a dark, yet inspiring, period of our nation's history. If future generations don't study it and learn from it, then history, with all its horrors, is bound to repeat itself.
   

Christopher next has the privilege of representing our county at the Regional Social Studies Fair on February 2nd. This will present a little bit more of a challenge for him in that he must respond well to the judges questions. He knows the information, but is hesitant to communicate with confidence to adults he doesn't know. What an opportunity this event will be to challenge him in this area!

For those of you who have visited our website, we're currently developing another tab for the About WWII page. It will be called WWII Ships. We recognized when we were preparing to launch our site in Nov-07 that it hardly touched on the Navy in WWII. It wasn't intentional. It's just not our strong suit. My military background was Army Aviation (CH-47 Chinook pilot), and my father's was Air Force. It only stands to reason that we'd be more familiar with the land and air battles. So over time, we intend to build on the information posted about the Navy and Marines. As always, we welcome any input you have for us in this area.

Thanks for your interest in World War II for Kids!
marge@wwii4kids