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'Winnie the Pooh' Was Created by a Vet Explaining War to His Boy
19 Feb 2019
We Are The Mighty | By Eric Milzarski

There is nothing more heart-wrenching to veterans with families than having to explain why daddy hasn't been the same ever since he returned from the war. A reasonable adult can grasp the idea that war is hell and that it can change a person forever, but an innocent kid — one who was sheltered from such grim concepts by that very veteran — cannot.

A. A. Milne, an English author and veteran of both World Wars, was struggling to explain this harsh reality to his own child when he penned the 1926 children's classic, "Winnie-the-Pooh."

https://www.military.com/undertheradar/2019/02/19/winnie-pooh-was-created-vet-explaining-war-his-boy.html

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Re: 'Winnie the Pooh' Was Created by a Vet Explaining War to His Boy
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2019, 06:31:24 pm »
Interesting article.
In a time of universal deceit - telling the truth is a revolutionary act.
�More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.�-Woody Allen
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