Communications From Survivors
The following text was printed on the message (non-address) side of standardized postcard "Subron 4 Standard Form No. F14 471-A-S/M Base. PH-7-15-41-20M." distributed to naval personnel at Pearl Harbor to communicate with their families following the attack:
- NOTHING is too be written on this side except to fill in the data specified.
- Sentences not required should be crossed out.
- IF ANYTHING ELSE IS ADDED THE POSTCARD WILL BE DESTROYED.
- I am well (sick
- I have been admitted to hospital as (wounded
- -(Serious -(not serious
- Am getting on well. Hope to return to duty soon.
- I have received your (Letter dated_______ (Telegram dated_______ (Parcel dated_______
- Letter follows at first opportunity.
- I have received no letter from you (for a long time (lately.
- Signature___________________________
- Date_______________________________
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Famous quotes containing the word survivors:
“I believe that all the survivors are mad. One time or another their madness will explode. You cannot absorb that much madness and not be influenced by it. That is why the children of survivors are so tragic. I see them in school. They don’t know how to handle their parents. They see that their parents are traumatized: they scream and don’t react normally.”
—Elie Wiesel (b. 1928)