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Top Posts & Pages

  • A Letter to My Family
  • 1 November 1948
  • 2 November 1948, 13 Days from Home!
  • Setting the Date
  • Northbound 27 September 1948
  • 29 August 1948
  • 14 August 1948
  • 13 August 1948. North Bound
  • 10 August 1948.
  • 4 August 1948. Bermuda

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Self Portrait

self portrait

David W. Shields

Posted on February 21, 2014March 5, 2015 by J.E.S Posted in Musings of My Father Tagged romance 1940s, self portrait, wwII Leave a comment
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Happy Valentines Day 1948

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David W. Shields

Posted on February 13, 2014March 5, 2015 by J.E.S Posted in Musings of My Father Tagged 1945-1948, art, courtship, first love, memoir, romance Leave a comment
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It Runs Deep

It Runs Deep

Posted on January 23, 2014 by J.E.S Posted in Musings of My Father, Uncategorized Tagged religion Leave a comment
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“Portrait of an Artist as a Young Man”

 

My dad would often draw sketches on the envelopes and letters he sent to my mother during the war.

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swab decksketch boatgarbagepalm tree

Posted on December 17, 2013January 6, 2014 by J.E.S Posted in Musings of My Father, Uncategorized Tagged art, sketches, wwII Leave a comment
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