My father spent four years delivering B17s and B25s to North Africa while my mother waited patiently listening to this song. What a nation we once were!
Such beautiful comments. With all the bad news these days, I simply wanted a break and went to play one of my all time favorite songs. I still can't determine which version is the best. They are all good. It's the song itself and the words which truly make a person feel he is human. Ms. Lynn did wonders for our World War II heroes but it does as much today when one feels a little down. I'll be seeing you, Just relax and listen. No song today can do that for us.
I'm writing my father's wartime memoirs at the moment and I know that We'll Meet Again was a source of comfort and courage to the millions who served in WW2
Reading the lovely comments and listening to this beautiful song brings bittersweet tears. I remember my Mom and Dad dancing to all the big band songs along with all the aunts, uncles, and cousins. My Mom has been gone 49 years and my Dad has been gone 28 years. I still feel the stab in my heart when I think of them.
Just 2 months ago I lost my Uncle Johnny. He was 92 and a real WWII vet. He went in 24 days after D-day until the end. Losing him brought forth all the others that have passed before him in my family. He was the last one who knew me as a child. He was one of the best of men I have known. God bless all those who are left, including Dame Vera Lynn.
Vera Lynn and Jo Stafford are the two greatest female vocalist of the that era. They have incredible voices and they did pronounce each and every words they sang.
Such tears of gratitude, and also grief to know so many who fought for our freedom never made it home again. And I might not even exist if The Hague had not been liberated on May 5, 1945. Thank you from a Dutch born kid, now 65.