Paul's Website
Memories And Recollections Of Days Gone Bye!
Memories....
Memories
are funny things... I remember once when we all got together that at the
end of the evening, the quote was "Those things that never happened... they
sure were a lot of fun!!" Share some fun things, sad things, dumb
things with us! Paul's recollections are from the fact he (Being
A Man) is in his early sixties. So, How Old
Am I???
The Fifties in America were a contradictory time. This was a vibrant and wholesome era, characterized by malt shops, Doo-Wop, sock hops, beatniks and the hula hoop, hot cars and cool jazz. Television was coming and maybe even in color, cars were looking swept-back, Chevy produced a million autos in '55, what a time! Cadillac's, wow! At the same time, however, the nation was plagued by racial injustice, anti-Communist paranoia and the dread of nuclear war. I am glad we still had dating and REAL movie stars, not the trash of today!
The atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945 taught Americans an unforgettable lesson about the power of humanity's terrible new weapons, and this frightening awareness increased their concern about the spread of Communism.
The
Cold War divided the world into two armed
camps under the banners of the Soviet Union and the United States.
Satellites became a new concept. As
Communism spread purposefully around the globe, the U.S. adopted a foreign
policy of containment, holding back the rising tide of Communism with diplomacy,
military might, and nuclear deterrence. But we survived and became
a nation united. It is the year 2005 but what was it like growing up in
the 1950's and 1960's as a kid and
a young adult?
So how do you divide a life? Here are some categories and old memories. Let's have some fun!
Other Subsites On Paul & Sue's Website
Paul William Liles - Paul's wonderful father who left us in 1970 and would have been 102 this year.
Georgia Agalina Liles - Mom, the foundation of all that I am
Family - Kids and close friends
Hobbies - What we do to pass time while in retirement
Memories - What has happened over the years that sticks in our minds
Paul's Humor - Careful, sarcasm is a strong point
Paul's Politics - Another danger area, Paul is right of Atilla The Hun!
Retirement -What we do best!
WA6CJC (Ham Radio) - A Hobby in the year years
December 1944
December
15 - A private airplane carrying bandleader Glenn Miller disappears in heavy
fog over the English Channel while flying to Paris.
December 16 - Germany begins the Ardennes offensive, later to become known as Battle of the Bulge.
December 16 - General George C. Marshall becomes the first Five-Star General.
December 22 - WWII: Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe, commander of the U.S. forces defending Bastogne, refuses to accept demands for surrender by sending a one-word reply, "Nuts!", to the German command.
Progression Of Life
I'm A Senior
