The Telegram That Ended the Longest Night
On May 8, 1945, a Western Union operator named Elizabeth Phillips sat at her switchboard in a small Missouri telegraph office when the message clattered...
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Luke 2:10-11.
On May 8, 1945, a Western Union operator named Elizabeth Phillips sat at her switchboard in a small Missouri telegraph office when the message clattered through: Germany had surrendered. The war in Europe was over. Her hands trembled as she read the words. Her own son was stationed near the Rhine. She pulled the paper from the machine, stood up, and walked straight into the street still wearing her headset.…
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