This is Where I Blow; A WWII Story

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Random nostalgia.

Surfing the ‘net, I found an old black-and-white photo with the title “US serviceman gives a French horn lesson.” A U.S. serviceman is holding his French horn while a civilian woman gets a close look. I love nostalgic photos like these.

At a country fair Sergeant Raymond Ganier, is saying to pretty Miss Verna Short, Pukekohe, NZ who is an admirer of both the French horn and the marine, “This is where I blow”.

http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/media/photo/french-horn-lesson

It is part of a gallery of photos – “US Forces in New Zealand.” The gallery catalogs old photos from World War II when American forces were based in New Zealand as a part of the Pacific theater of operations.

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