tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post4582900821087272183..comments2023-06-05T16:00:41.868+01:00Comments on WW1: Experiences of an English Soldier: Letter to Jack, 4th November 1918Pte Harry Laminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04673086195442900581noreply@blogger.comBlogger369125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-25279444156647277002011-02-15T15:29:26.126+00:002011-02-15T15:29:26.126+00:00im following from washington,MO because this is ou...im following from washington,MO because this is our history class hahajonathan STIGGEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-38911986135308877522011-02-15T15:27:42.707+00:002011-02-15T15:27:42.707+00:00what is his freinds namewhat is his freinds nameAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-46303031477752795482009-03-26T15:27:00.000+00:002009-03-26T15:27:00.000+00:00We're a bit behind, but my entire writing history ...We're a bit behind, but my entire writing history class is following the blog from a university in Michigan.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12831115856787551604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-46706838729269646812009-01-28T21:09:00.000+00:002009-01-28T21:09:00.000+00:00Brilliant. Will buy the book.V/R JWBrilliant. Will buy the book.<BR/>V/R JWAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-29837848123291328702008-12-03T00:12:00.000+00:002008-12-03T00:12:00.000+00:00Facinating blogg and what a clever idea. It is ama...Facinating blogg and what a clever idea. <BR/><BR/>It is amazing how little he tells his family. Censorship and caution will be some reasons but I wonder about others.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-13073780447854193492008-11-30T22:17:00.000+00:002008-11-30T22:17:00.000+00:00I started following this blogg when it was mention...I started following this blogg when it was mentioned on the morning news. I am so glad I did, I'm hooked. I have also learnt a few things along the way!. Thanks for all your hardwork and effort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-49543635467674023542008-11-24T22:22:00.000+00:002008-11-24T22:22:00.000+00:00Just found this blog today and am reading through ...Just found this blog today and am reading through all of his letters. Almost seems unfair that I found this with hopefully only a little time left until he returns safely home. ***Crossing my fingers that it's so.*** Am amazed at how calm he sounds in his letters when so many horrors are happening around him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-44682435954181820192008-11-23T23:57:00.000+00:002008-11-23T23:57:00.000+00:00Been following this blog for ages. Great idea/conc...Been following this blog for ages. Great idea/concept and storyline to boot!Thomas Housemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16176743482826204556noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-65916761070986578212008-11-19T21:32:00.000+00:002008-11-19T21:32:00.000+00:00I have been following the blog too for some time. ...I have been following the blog too for some time. When I have nothing to do I make a point of checking in and seeing if anything new has happened.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-45568843796485439512008-11-17T19:21:00.000+00:002008-11-17T19:21:00.000+00:00This has been a most fascinating blog, and I have ...This has been a most fascinating blog, and I have kept up with it very regularly here in Kansas, USA. I am struck by Harry's unwaivering civility and graciousness through it all. He must have been quite a fellow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-65879974137662017722008-11-16T22:09:00.000+00:002008-11-16T22:09:00.000+00:00I have looked in on this Blog from time to time an...I have looked in on this Blog from time to time and think it a splendid use of electrons. Good show, Lamin.womileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08491230590190855453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-23432421290521050792008-11-16T03:06:00.000+00:002008-11-16T03:06:00.000+00:00I have been reading Harry's letters home and the v...I have been reading Harry's letters home and the very interesting contextual coments for over a year. This has been a great, great experience. I posted a link to this Blog on my library's website and got it written up in our Berks County, PA library newsletter. I was very excited to hear/read about the forthcoming book and plan on adding it to our library's collection. Thank you again for inviting the world to share in this experience.Mark Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07593143271352020914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-91153321262155601362008-11-16T02:49:00.001+00:002008-11-16T02:49:00.001+00:00I have loved the blog. I haven't commented much, b...I have loved the blog. I haven't commented much, but I have loved tracking Harry and I love hearing about the wonderful things that have happened to you. Who knew when we all started reading this that letters you posted would become a media sensation, generating new interest in history and tours based on Harry's experiences. Thank you for this blog. You deserve all the accolades you receive.<BR/><BR/>ccesnikAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-50710689861478959092008-11-15T11:56:00.000+00:002008-11-15T11:56:00.000+00:00I have loved reading this blog, with real messages...I have loved reading this blog, with real messages produced with real-life timing. Thank you for imagining, creating and sustaining such a simple yet deep way of looking at the past. <BR/><BR/>--karmaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-77503865687699032132008-11-15T04:01:00.000+00:002008-11-15T04:01:00.000+00:00I have been following this blog. It's been quite ...I have been following this blog. It's been quite moving. Thank you so much.Logic Boyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04828110824610466683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-16506816099044449682008-11-14T22:18:00.000+00:002008-11-14T22:18:00.000+00:00Thank you for sharing these letters.I hope Harry w...Thank you for sharing these letters.<BR/><BR/>I hope Harry went home and had a long and fulfilling life.<BR/><BR/>Lori<BR/>Boulder, ColoradoLightning Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09287732852487842915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-51955053949254106532008-11-12T19:23:00.000+00:002008-11-12T19:23:00.000+00:00I´ve been following this blog for a year and a hal...I´ve been following this blog for a year and a half with great interest. Thank you for Your work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-23019944026378077792008-11-12T18:29:00.000+00:002008-11-12T18:29:00.000+00:00I have been following since the blog was first ann...I have been following since the blog was first announced on TV. Thanks for sharing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-32519495153319589422008-11-11T19:57:00.000+00:002008-11-11T19:57:00.000+00:00Been following for about a year I guess, maybe a l...Been following for about a year I guess, maybe a little more.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your effort in sharing this remarkable heritage.Ishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08476053301884000212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-7564357231891311852008-11-11T19:23:00.000+00:002008-11-11T19:23:00.000+00:00This blog is so interesting. Thank you for publis...This blog is so interesting. Thank you for publishing this and bringing the WWI experience to modern readers. Best of luck with the book deal.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-44935062483252461682008-11-11T14:41:00.001+00:002008-11-11T14:41:00.001+00:00Have followed the blog for a good long time, and i...Have followed the blog for a good long time, and its good to read Harry got on ok.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-39334076633523587412008-11-11T14:41:00.000+00:002008-11-11T14:41:00.000+00:00I have enjoyed this journey with Harry, thanks.I have enjoyed this journey with Harry, thanks.Mary Louhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05588244535423212079noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-5437901932900903982008-11-11T13:58:00.000+00:002008-11-11T13:58:00.000+00:00I found this blog on 11th November last year and h...I found this blog on 11th November last year and have followed it since then - I wonder what Harry would have thought of it all? Wonderful, thankyou!Rosiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04733563829902335223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-71694816783333409852008-11-11T13:17:00.000+00:002008-11-11T13:17:00.000+00:00Today is 11 November. In Belgium and France - for...Today is 11 November. In Belgium and France - for very understandable reasons - it's a public holiday, irrespective of what day of the week it is (unlike Remembrance Sunday in the UK). <BR/><BR/>But it's a working day for the European Commission, the public service of the European Union, whose founding myth is reconciliation and renunciation of war between European countries which have so often been at war with each other. As some readers may know, it was only after the second world war - the "unfinished business" of the aftermath of the first, leading to even many more millions of deaths - that this state was achieved, and less than twenty years ago that peace really broke out and those parts of the former Austro-Hungarian empire that had been left to rot behind the iron curtain could finally choose to join the Union, with the cold war at last behind them. <BR/><BR/>Rather than play down 11 November by making it an ordinary working day (supposedly "so as not to offend the Germans"), I would like to see it made into a day of reflection on what Europe collectively still needs to learn from its past, and of warning against the dangers of turning the European Union into a military alliance in which, instead of killing each other, we engage in diplomatico-military adventurism and kill other people instead.<BR/><BR/>I've been away and unable to access the blog for some time, but especially for the last few days, and particularly this morning when I had to give a talk to representatives of the Italian regions here in Brussels, I've been mentally "on the edge of my seat", wondering if Harry has made it, as if it were really today that we were talking about rather than 90 years ago. So I find it hard to explain the sense of relief and elation that he has made it, beyond observing that it's only when you get down to individual stories that it's possible to make any sense of the war.<BR/><BR/>The Italian front, and indeed Austria's involvement (apart from the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand and the ultimatum to Serbia which triggered the whole orgy of industrialised killing), generally gets little attention in the English-speaking world. So it is good that Harry's extraordinary itinerary included not only the Western Front, but also the Italian one, and that this blog will make it more widely known.<BR/><BR/>Congratulations again on such a marvellous initiative, which will make the first world war meaningful to a whole new generation of young people who weren't reared on the sort of nationalist drivel that people of my generation were fed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31636059.post-13486738536594214352008-11-11T11:21:00.000+00:002008-11-11T11:21:00.000+00:00I've been reading your blog for the past year. A v...I've been reading your blog for the past year. A very mocing accont. I love the combination of personal detail with the official accounts of the same events.<BR/><BR/>I've linked to your blog today as part of my own little act of remembrance.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to seeing the rest of Harry's story.VPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02732971362066784175noreply@blogger.com