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06 The Enemy

Posted on August 16, 2018 by Don Haynes

We soon learned about our enemies.  The message was unmistakably clear.                           And we knew who we were.               Even Dr. Seuss … Continue reading →

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05 Pearl Harbor

Posted on August 3, 2018 by Don Haynes

December 7, 1941.  Sunday morning  The morning that fear came into my world. Mom and Dad are still at the breakfast table with Bill, my only brother, who had been born the autumn before.  I have gone out into the back … Continue reading →

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04 Kindergarten

Posted on July 20, 2018 by Don Haynes

The fall of 1940.  A momentous year.  Kindergarten. We lived on 11th Avenue in Oakland.  Bella Vista Grammar School stood a block up the hill and across the intersection.  Miss Wallman the teacher. The first day turned out to be somewhat traumatic. I had … Continue reading →

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03 Gassing the Car

Posted on July 6, 2018 by Don Haynes

In 1939 two important things happened.  Uncle Ted helped Dad get a job where he worked at Colgate-Palmolive-Peets in Emeryville, just down from Berkeley.  Mom and Dad had saved enough to buy a house.  They bought one in Oakland.  After … Continue reading →

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02 Aunt Jerry’s Stove

Posted on June 29, 2018 by Don Haynes

I slept in the bedroom with my cousin.  He was older.  He went to school.  He resented having to share his bedroom with me. In those days, when insulation was an unknown, heat escaped mercilessly.  The livingroom at the far … Continue reading →

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