Solly Mack
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Wed Jun-20-07 05:18 PM
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| 38. Thank you for sharing that |
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The real history of nations is with the people that lived it...it's not dates or battles...it's how those notable dates and battles impacted the people and their lives.
It's the everyday struggles ...how people lived - history through the eyes of the people
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| -Has anyone on DU ever lived in a war zone? in the aftermath? |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 03:31 PM |
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Moscow in 1993 is as close as I get. It was weird, and scary. nt |
MookieWilson |
Jun-20-07 03:34 PM |
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Oh wow..... |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 03:42 PM |
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1989 and 1991 |
CabalPowered |
Jun-20-07 05:59 PM |
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I avoided elevators, but Moscow was full of Mob rule and NO police protection whatsoever. |
MookieWilson |
Jun-20-07 08:15 PM |
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I bet! |
CabalPowered |
Jun-20-07 09:40 PM |
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I haven't but here's something from someone who is, now. |
Tierra_y_Libertad |
Jun-20-07 03:42 PM |
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Thank you |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 03:46 PM |
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Reading some more.... |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:39 PM |
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This Is Heartbreaking! |
lse7581011 |
Jun-20-07 04:46 PM |
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I was in Peru' at a time of a student uprising |
mitchtv |
Jun-20-07 03:43 PM |
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I'd have been more than a little worried |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 03:49 PM |
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I was in Yugoslavia for two weeks right before it went to hell |
IChing |
Jun-20-07 03:45 PM |
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Bet that was unnerving...all that tension...powder keg ready to blow |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 03:51 PM |
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Chicago Illinois in 1968....there were tanks on the streets, barbed wire every |
Mend |
Jun-20-07 03:50 PM |
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Wow |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 03:52 PM |
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the riots in the South and the war protesting were war zones, too, and Kent |
Mend |
Jun-20-07 04:06 PM |
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It looked war like - with all the snipers and national guard |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:09 PM |
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Chicago |
seemslikeadream |
Jun-20-07 04:30 PM |
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I went through Detroit in July of 1968 |
leftchick |
Jun-21-07 08:22 AM |
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Me no. but my mother is from Vienna |
hobbit709 |
Jun-20-07 03:53 PM |
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I bet you have lots of stories! |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 03:56 PM |
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Cue the zither music! nt |
MookieWilson |
Jun-20-07 05:49 PM |
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Personally? |
RC Quake |
Jun-20-07 03:58 PM |
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Probably sounds a lot like my mother |
hobbit709 |
Jun-20-07 04:02 PM |
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You're a bridge too, hobby709 |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:13 PM |
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You're a bridge - from the past to present to the future. |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:03 PM |
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I have, not too different from what you see in Iraq now...And they are at the aftermath yet!!! |
Nimrod2005 |
Jun-20-07 04:01 PM |
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I wish you healing dreams, Nimrod2005 |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:04 PM |
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Israel, 1969 |
KharmaTrain |
Jun-20-07 04:13 PM |
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Lot of history lived by DU'ers |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:14 PM |
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DMZ in Korea is the closest I've been |
AllegroRondo |
Jun-20-07 04:15 PM |
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Does sound creepy |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:18 PM |
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I wonder if anyone here remembers this |
seemslikeadream |
Jun-20-07 04:20 PM |
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I was still pretty young at the time |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:25 PM |
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Any Black Ghetto In The Late 60s |
KharmaTrain |
Jun-20-07 04:26 PM |
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"Senator McCarthy's 15th-floor campaign headquarters in the Conrad Hilton Hotel became a hospital |
seemslikeadream |
Jun-20-07 04:33 PM |
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A Story To Go With That Pic... |
KharmaTrain |
Jun-20-07 04:41 PM |
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People's Park was as close as I got |
mitchtv |
Jun-20-07 09:37 PM |
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Downtown Manhattan, September 2001. |
Stephanie |
Jun-20-07 04:22 PM |
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I'm fairly certain I'd still be having nightmares had I been there that day |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:33 PM |
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Outstanding thread Solly Mack |
tkmorris |
Jun-20-07 04:47 PM |
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The wealth of living history on DU is amazing |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 04:58 PM |
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My in-laws grew up in the Philippines. They had to hide from the Japanese during |
grace0418 |
Jun-20-07 05:10 PM |
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Thank you for sharing that |
Solly Mack |
Jun-20-07 05:18 PM |
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not the war, just the after-effects... n/t |
stillcool47 |
Jun-20-07 06:20 PM |
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Almost a couple times but decided not to join Peace Corps. |
uppityperson |
Jun-20-07 06:26 PM |
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Can't say that I blame you |
Solly Mack |
Jun-21-07 05:38 AM |
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A bit shook up, bit more cynical, definetly smarter |
uppityperson |
Jun-21-07 12:58 PM |
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Closest I got was when... |
sg_ |
Jun-20-07 06:36 PM |
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Wow |
Solly Mack |
Jun-21-07 05:35 AM |
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Would this count....? |
bliss_eternal |
Jun-20-07 06:41 PM |
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Hey bliss!! |
Solly Mack |
Jun-21-07 05:33 AM |
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I don't have a story but this reminded me |
petunia.here |
Jun-20-07 07:20 PM |
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Excellent. Thank you for posting that!! |
Solly Mack |
Jun-21-07 05:39 AM |
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Nigeria, 1986 was as close as I've been |
Jed Dilligan |
Jun-20-07 08:34 PM |
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Seems fairly scary to me |
Solly Mack |
Jun-21-07 05:41 AM |
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It's happened to me many more times here. |
Jed Dilligan |
Jun-21-07 02:41 PM |
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Kiryat Shmona, last summer during the Hezbollah rocket attacks. |
KzooDem |
Jun-20-07 08:59 PM |
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In conflicts, wars and periods of unrest...all quaint little labels |
Solly Mack |
Jun-21-07 05:52 AM |
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Liberia 1980; South Africa, late 80s and mid 90s |
HamdenRice |
Jun-21-07 08:11 AM |
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mmmmWOW!!! |
sicksicksick_N_tired |
Jun-21-07 08:27 AM |
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I left out something a little embarassing ... |
HamdenRice |
Jun-21-07 08:48 AM |
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I can see that |
Solly Mack |
Jun-21-07 09:02 AM |
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Incredible! I hope everyone reads your post. |
Solly Mack |
Jun-21-07 08:59 AM |
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I was born in Detroit during the Riots. But my Girl she has been in Chile when the tanks rolled in, |
slampoet |
Jun-21-07 08:18 AM |
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I'm laughing but it is not really funny |
Solly Mack |
Jun-21-07 09:03 AM |
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