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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S8 Ep08 Kisses on a Postcard
Description: During the first months of World War II, in anticipation of bombing raids and a possible invasion by Hitler’s Germany, the British government ordered the evacuation of children from London and other cities that might become potential targets. The effort was dubbed “Operation Pied Piper” resulting in hundreds of thousands of children being evacuated to rural areas of the country.
Two such children were Jack Frisby, age 11 and his brother Terry, age 7. One day in 1940, Jack and Terry were placed on a train in London by their mother, along with many of their classmates and other neighb...