REFLECTIONS ON A TIME THAT HAS PAST The 2nd WORLD WAR YEARS 1939-1945

About the Book

At the beginning of World War ll ,the British Government decided to evacuate the children from the cities to safer places in the countryside, and also overseas to other countries. Really where could be safer in the country? The logic behind the plan was that IF, Hitler succeeded in occupying Great Britain, the children could return someday and take their country back. This is the story of my brother,age 4,and myself age 9,who were evacuated September 9th. 1939, to America. My brother's mother, who was my step-mother, accompanied us to elderly relatives that lived in New York State. Then for reasons known only to herself, at that time, she decided to travel back across the U-boat infested waters of the Atlantic to England. Different homes were found eventually for us which was a miracle, as there were at least 2,664, Children's Oversees Reception Board (CORB) children to find homes for. The Kodak Company's families in New York opened their homes to these British evacuees, primarily for the children of the Kodak Company in Great Britian, however they ended up taking a lot of the other children. As we had been sent privately on the S.S.Scythia, we were not included in that number. We also were returned May 8th 1944, one month before D-Day, on a Neutral Portuguese ship to Lisbon. The war did not end until May 8th 1945 so we were back in England in time for the newest German weapon the Vengence Weapon l, or Doodle bug, or Buzz-bomb. This is our War Time story of our adventures, mostly mine,told 73 years later with the memories, some good and some bad, as you will see when you read the book. Thank you for your interest. It is still facinating to me today.

About the Author

Evelyn “Gloria” Mullinax was born in 1930 in England. She and her brother were evacuated to Rochester, New York in September 1939, when it looked as though Hitler was going to occupy Great Britain. They returned to England May8th, 1944. The war ended May 8th 1945! They moved several places in England during that last year of World War II for safety from the Buzz-Bombs. She married a Chief in the U.S. Navy. In 1966 when he retired they, and their three sons, came to his home town, Etowah, Tennessee. To Gloria living in Tennessee is as close to heaven as you can get on earth. The family belongs to North Etowah Baptist Church.