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[happy]

Welcome to the group Barbara

You should be able to find something about the War in France in the various threads :)

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome Barbara. Hope you enjoy the discussions and jump right in. We are a very friendly group here.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Barbara wrote: "Hello group,
With family members that fought in France during WW2 and others that lived there before the war, I'm particularly interested in French aspects.

Barbara"

Welcome to the group Barbara. Please feel free to join in.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Barbara and welcome to the group, I hope you find a few new books in your area of interest.

[John]

Hello everyone

I am John. A recently retired Army officer. My passion is military history and I have a deep interest in World War II. I hope I can share my interests with others.

[Manray9]

John wrote: "Hello everyone

I am John. A recently retired Army officer. My passion is military history and I have a deep interest in World War II. I hope I can share my interests with others."

Welcome, John. I am a retired naval officer and have found this to be the right group to join.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi John, welcome to the group, I think you will find quite a few like minded people here in the group.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Hi John, welcome from a retired USAF officer (and former resident of Woodbridge). You should find some discussions right up your area of interest. Probably a few books too.

[Manray9]

Mike wrote: "Hi John, welcome from a retired USAF officer (and former resident of Woodbridge). You should find some discussions right up your area of interest. Probably a few books too."

I am a former resident of Woodbridge too, Lived there in '92 - '93.

[happy]

John

Let me add my welcome

There a lot of ex/ret military memembers here - and a lot of knowledge floating around the group !

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Hi John, Please feel free to join in and welcome to the group from the other side of the pond.

[Manray9]

Ronald wrote: "Hi.
This is Ron, I enjoy fishing and reading, my favorite books are Thrillers, some young adult and War novels."

Welcome, Ron. Please pitch in.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome to the group Ron.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Ron and welcome to the group, you will find quite a few defence force veterans from various countries here in the group as well.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome to the group Ron. This is a friendly place, jump right in.

[happy]

Welcome to the group Ron

Please feel free to add to what ever conversation that interests you - we don't bite ...............................................................................................................much :)

[Feliks]

hey there!

Just wanted to spread the word about a new Goodreads Group I'm moderating.

It's called 'Espionage Aficionados' and has 334 members.

I alerted everyone there about the fine qualities of this group (World War Two Readers) and I pointed them here with a link in case there's any WWII buffs among them. Just as I did with the other group I mod.

So, I hope its okay to put out a little 'cross-invite' in a post here as I'm doing now.

Here's the link in case anyone would care to join:
https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...

Thanks a heap,

Feliks

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Thanks Felix and a great idea to do the cross invite. Hopefully both groups will benefit from this :)

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

And I am now a member!

[Jeff]

Count me in. Thanks, Feliks. It seems appropriate that a Derzhinsky should take up the cause.

[Feliks]

You guys are great. I think this is one of the most respected outfits on Goodreads. I wish more people at large today, were cognizant of the values of the WWII generation (though few of us were there, of course). I'm just saying, we are what we value. Why does everything become a sham in this country?

Anyway, yep. My namesake was not a man who balked when something needed to be done. An individual lacking in every human virtue, except his convictions.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

No prob's with the cross link Feliks, happy to promote other GR groups.

[David]

Great to join the group. I am an avid reader especially WWII. Look forward to sharing my thoughts with other members of the group.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Great to have you here David. Hope you find some discussions that interest you.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome to the group David and please do feel free to join in.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi David and welcome to the group, will look forward to discussing a few good books with you soon I hope :)

[Manray9]

David wrote: "Great to join the group. I am an avid reader especially WWII. Look forward to sharing my thoughts with other members of the group."

Welcome, David. Please don't be shy.

[happy]

Let me add my welcome

Welcome David

Please don't be shy - we don't bite







much :)

Be prepared to have your TBR list grow exponentally!

[Alan]

Hi

Thanks for the welcome, it’s good to be part of the group. I’m very interested World War 2 and all aspects of it. I’ve just made a trip to Bovington Tank Museum, which was amazing to see the only Tiger tank still in existence.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi AlanB, welcome to the group, did you go to Bovington when thy had the Tiger running around the track?

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome AlanB and I'm sure you'll fit right in here, especially with the tank aficionados.

[Alan]

Cheers. No unfortunately I missed the Tiger, but I saw the WW1 Mark IV replica and a Matilda 1 going round which was pretty cool.

[Wade]

What's up there ..Alan welcome

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Welcome AlanB. You found the right place for WWII. Jump right in.

[Alan]

Thanks Wade/Mike good to be hear.

[Lilo]

I haven't been around much, lately. Yet I would like to say "hi" to all newcomers. Welcome to the group!

[Kathy]

Hi, I am Kathy. I have always loved history, and have a particular interest in WWII. So far my reading on the subject has primarily involved historical fiction, but I would like to expand to include some non-fiction as well.

My Dad, who passed away last year at the age of 91, served in the US Navy in both WWII and the Korean war. He served on the the USS Santa Fe. One of my most cherished possessions, taking a place of pride in my china cabinet, is his blue Navy cap from WWII.

Looking forward to discovering some great reads.

[Wade]

Welcome Kathy. If it World War 2 you need look no futher--you have found it.This is THE site for all areas of the second world war.

[Manray9]

Kathy wrote: "Hi, I am Kathy. I have always loved history, and have a particular interest in WWII. So far my reading on the subject has primarily involved historical fiction, but I would like to expand to incl..."

Welcome, Kathy. The USS SANTA FE (CL-60) was one of the CLEVELAND-class light cruisers which were best known for speed and heavy AA armament. The class did excellent work throughout the Pacific campaign. My hat is off to your late father.

[Geevee, Assisting Moderator British & Commonwealth Forces]

Welcome Kathy and I'm sure you'll fit right in here.

A nice memento to have of your Dad's service. A great-uncle of mine served with the British Royal Navy Pacific Fleet (which included the Royal Australian, Canadian and New Zealand navies) who served in Admiral Spruance's 5th Fleet and Admiral Halsey's 3rd Fleet seeing action at Okinawa and experiencing many kamikaze attacks. He was very proud of his service alongside the USN at Okinawa.

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Kathy and welcome to the group, that's a great story about your dad, thanks for sharing the details with the group.

[happy]

Let me add my welcome to AlanB and Kathy

Welcome, Welcome

Please feel free to add to any of the discussions.

Tnx for the story Kathy, may you treasure the cap always!

AlanB - when I get back to Britain, Bovington is definately on the list to see!

[Eric]

Greetings all...

My name is Eric. I'm from Tampa, Florida, USA.

My love of military history began at a very young age whilst sitting on dad's lap as he drank his coffee and smoked his cigarettes.

Dad was a U.S. Navy veteran of WWII. His brother, my uncle Pete, was also in the Navy during WWII. I had another uncle, Aaron, who had three ships shot out from under him in the South Pacific. He often joked that he spent more time treading water and smacking sharks on their snouts than lying in his bunk.

I have a deep interest in all military history, but WWII and Vietnam are of particular interest to me. The first because of listening to my dad and uncles talk about it as a child. The second because I was a child of that era (late 60s-early 70s).

I'm looking forward to reading and participating here.

Regards,

~Eric

[happy]

Let me be the first to Welcome Eric to the Group

Welcome!

Please feel free to comment wherever you feel the need :)

[Eric]

Thanks for the welcome, Happy. I'm glad to be here. :)

[Manray9]

V.T. Eric wrote: "Greetings all...

My name is Eric. I'm from Tampa, Florida, USA.

My love of military history began at a very young age whilst sitting on dad's lap as he drank his coffee and smoked his cigarettes..."

Welcome, Eric. Don't be shy about pitching in.

[Kathy]

Thanks for the warm welcome! What a great group :)

Welcome, Eric.

[Wade]

Welcome aboard,Eric

['Aussie Rick', Moderator]

Hi Eric and welcome to the group.

[Mike, Assisting Moderator US Forces]

Hi Eric and Kathy. Wonderful stories about your veteran fathers. Hope you find something of interest and beware of sudden TBR shelf growth--it happens here a lot.