Left Alone, Yanks, Ukrainians Friends

Edition of Thursday-Friday Oct. 9-10

To the Editor,

With all that is going on in the Ukraine, this may be of interest to World War II buffs.

My husband Jerry Waller was, for two and a half years, in the Eighth Air Force in England. Suddenly, a group from his squadron was sent by ship down the coast of France to Gibraltar and across the Mediterranean to Cairo. From there they went by truck and train across the Middle East.

They eventually got to the Ukraine. They were to teach our Allies about the bombers. However, The second night they were there the Germans bombed them. 200 planes were destroyed – but life went on.

The Ukrainians and Americans got along beautifully. Suddenly one day the Ukrainians were ordered out and Russians came in with instructions not to be friendly with the Americans. Sound familiar?

As the French say, “Le plus ca change, c’est toujours la meme chose.” (The more things change, the more it’s the same!)

NANCY WALLER
Roseboom