Summer in England, 1945.I paused to take it all in and let peacetime wash over me. At last, it felt real. An American bomber named Enola Gay had ended it all after six years of madness and slaughter.I lit a...

A Casualty of War 2

"She handed me her panties"

I awoke just before lunch time the following day, I'd slept for about fourteen hours, I found my old dressing gown on the wardrobe door and slipped it on before going downstairs.Laura was sitting at the table in the kitchen...

Bright Cotton Futures

"A young woman is offered a major career advance, there's just one catch..."

I got back from lunch early. Well, to be truthful I had barely taken lunch at all, just spent ten minutes wolfing down my sandwich in the parking lot. I was just so excited at this opportunity and I wanted...

A Casualty of War: 3rd and Final

"Teddy needs a tooth brush"

When we'd finished laughing, we pulled her into bed and she fell asleep between us."Daddy, Teddy hasn't got a tooth brush.""Wha...?" I opened my eyes and looked into my daughter's big blue eyes."He needs a tooth brush, daddy.""We'll buy him one,...

A Casualty of War

"kick me, kick my right leg."

The train pulled into the station in a hiss of steam, all those around me grabbed their bags excitedly and hurried to get off, I could hear the cheers of the waiting crowds, they weren't for me though, they were...

We spent the rest of the day calling on old friends; it wasn't just emotional, it was heart wrenching. Many of my old mates hadn't made it and were buried in some foreign field, if they were lucky, others were...

The Aftermath of War

"the tensions eased"

Gradually over the next few weeks tensions eased a bit, the fraternization rules were relaxed and Germany became a much better place.The rubble clearing still went on though, it had to, the building work was moving on quicker than most...