In time for Valentine’s Day, the National World War II Museum is looking for the greatest love stories from the Greatest Generation. And they want you to contribute.
There was the soldier who met his wife on a blind date while he was on furlough. The sailor whose 10-day romance with a South African girl led to a 64-year marriage. The Marine who had his bride’s wedding gown made from a Japanese parachute he found in a cave in Saipan.
The extraordinary events of World War II spawned extraordinary romances — couples brought together by war, separated by the same, whose budding love withstood the silence of distance and uncertainty of time — that eventually launched the baby boom.
In time for Valentine’s Day, the National World War II Museum is looking for the greatest love stories from the Greatest Generation. The museum, located in New Orleans, has launched a Facebook page to collect love stories from World War II. People are encouraged to submit their family’s stories, photos, love letters and any other mementos and thoughts about a romance of the era.
“Many of us would not be here today if it wasn’t for the fact that WWII brought our grandparents or parents together,” said Clem Goldberger, the museum’s associate vice president, in a news release. “We see this new Facebook initiative as an opportunity for younger Americans to share the wonderful love stories passed down to them from the older generation and a place where people of all ages can memorialize their family members and their stories. We believe this forum will show that, even in the face of war, the power of love can triumph.”
Goldberger’s parents, Richard and Joan, are a case in point. They met while he was stationed in Mississippi.
Anyone who submits by Feb. 14 will be entered into a random drawing to win a commemorative brick that can be personalized in honor of the designated couple. The brick will be placed on the museum’s property in perpetuity. Visit
facebook.com/WWIIlovestories
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