Wartime Stories Gifts

"Well, thats buggered that idea"

"Most of the time, war...it makes no sense. A lot of times, we'd hear artillery whistling over our heads. But really, you can't move. You just wait...and wait...until it hits...and hope it isn't hitting you."

"We didn't have telly in wartime, we had to make our own violence."

COWMIKAZES

"He reports to Grand Central Palace tomorrow."

The camouflage in vietnam was more comfortable

Your Country Needs MOO!

'These days,' she says, 'nothing gets a rise out of him.'

Tea and Sugar Rationing

The real reason the Christmas Truce didn't last.

"Mother, I'd like you to meet a member of the armed forces."

'And remind your father to take out the chicken from the freezer and don't forget to do your homework.'

'Stamp auction' WW2 Victory stamps on two fingers

British patent (applied for) A Trained Dog of war Drawing the Enemy's Fire.

For the War Inventions Board. The Armoured Bayonet-curler for the Spoiling the Temper of the Enemy's Steel

Soldiers

"The luck didn't last. A shell finally got me near Batogne. Honestly, I didn't know I was injured until I reached down and found a hole in my leg. It makes you realize things."

Wilfred Owen

"... and so, gentlemen, I have to report that, despite the not inconsiderable complications and burdens presented by the war, the income of the North American Broadcasting Company showed a net increase of two per cent."

"Urgent message from Captain Sasson, sir - do you know any words that rhyme with orange?"

"Why don't you join the Army."

King George VI

"My dad was in the war, but he doesn't talk about it."

Hague Convention Defied! Lachrymosing the British by Onion-whittling under Cover of Night.

"Do you care for the soldier type?"

'Daddy, what did you do during the post-war period?'

Bayeux Tapestry: 'Ah well, it's all part of ...'

'Shark!'

"It's not a bullet hole - it's a cavity."

Santa Clause Visits Union Troops

"Can they really make a Yale man a private?"

The Process of Cooking 2000 Turkeys for Soldier's Thanksgiving Dinner

"Hello, Mom – guess who they're taking!"

"And that was the national news....Now for the obligatory 'end-of-the-news' World War Two item, to get the whole nation nostalgic for Churchill, powdered egg and mass slaughter..."

No Soap in the Bathroom