Former Landing Area Eerde
The Second World War is marked by brutal violence and bloodshed. Every now and then, there is a glimmer of hope for peace and happiness. Love keeps people going.
“Here My Phoenix Rose from Its Ashes”
The Second World War is marked by brutal violence and bloodshed. Every now and then, there is a glimmer of hope for peace and happiness. Love keeps people going. The love between Elaine Smith and her paratrooper Carman Ladner is also full of promise. They meet in the late 1930s in Augusta, Maine. They are each other’s dream love and imagine a future together with their own flower shop.
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Elaine knows immediately that Carman want…
“Here My Phoenix Rose from Its Ashes”
The Second World War is marked by brutal violence and bloodshed. Every now and then, there is a glimmer of hope for peace and happiness. Love keeps people going. The love between Elaine Smith and her paratrooper Carman Ladner is also full of promise. They meet in the late 1930s in Augusta, Maine. They are each other’s dream love and imagine a future together with their own flower shop.
On December 7, 1941, Japan attacks Pearl Harbor. Elaine knows immediately that Carman wants to become a paratrooper to serve the United States. Carman announces that he is leaving for New York, from where he will go on a mission to England. Elaine does everything she can to stop him: “You told me yourself how small your chances are,” she sobs. In vain... Carman lands in September 1944 with the 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment in Eerde, a small hamlet somewhere in the Netherlands. The lovers write to each other back and forth, each letter a sign of life. Until one day, her own letters are returned...
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