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Originally Posted by Bookworm_Girl
I found the additional chapters covering after the war to be particularly interesting. They couldn’t discuss the work that they did with their families and couldn’t receive public commendation awards. It was very sad to read that some family members thought that they were not doing anything “special” during the war since they weren’t overseas fighting for example. They had to live with that disappointment from their families for decades.
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Yes, I found that very sad to read too. Most would have lost grandparents and parents by the time their work could be publicly acknowledged.