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Favorite: Christmas in Germany, 1944

There at dawn all the shelling ceased for the first time since coming here, and an amazing, peaceful, stillness came and lasted for several minutes, with the twitter of a bird in the distance the only living sound.

Later, at sunrise, the same thing happened and lasted for almost an hour and the morning has been comparatively quiet.

Pfc John Franklin Cook, 1945

Communion of Saints / Family / Nancy Ward

Christmas in Germany, 1944

Featured on CatholicMom.com                        Germany Noon Christmas Day, 1944 Merry Christmas Darling! And to all my three daughters a happy one. I thought of all of you through the long Xmas eve night and just had to dig out this scrap of paper and say it to you even though it will be late getting...