Pictures to go with the story

[twirlgrrl]

Here are my mom and my uncle in 1940, before they were captured, along with other missionaries in the Philippines, by the Japanese during World War II.



More pictures:


Here are my mom, my uncle and my grandmother. I guess they were in Japan or the Philippines by then. My mom is holding Betty Jane.



Then, of course, there are no pictures until after the war.

Here is my mom in 1945 with two of her cousins. She is in the middle. We have the exact same legs!



And last, here is my mom's whole family in 1946. My uncle, who had gotten super skinny during the war (they all had!), seems to have filled out by then. He was around 15 in this picture, and my mom was probably 9. I love to look at this picture. I wonder what they are waiting for.

Comments

[ninjalie.livejournal.com]

Wow! Blue looks a lot like your mother!

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

He does, doesn't he? And I would love for you to meet my mom. She is interesting for sure. :)

[sagefemme11.livejournal.com]

These are so neat, as is the talk she gave. Thanks for posting these.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Thanks for reading/looking!

[aboutmykiddos.livejournal.com]

thank you for sharing these

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

:-)

[tellinellen.livejournal.com]

these are so great.

no pictures x 4 years.... that whole period "missing." just living in your mom's mind.

[twirlgrrl.livejournal.com]

Yeah. That itself is really tragic to me, given what a memory hound I am. My mom is not so attached.