Sentence examples for war souvenirs from inspiring English sources

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I subsequently received a letter from the RUC warning me on the inadvisability of "war souvenirs".

Many veterans of World War II, the Korean War and Vietnam brought home tales of heroism and valor and, unbeknownst to their loved ones, potentially explosive war souvenirs.

"These men are passing away because they're in their 80s or 90s, and now, unfortunately, family members are unaware of the fact that they have war souvenirs," said Sgt. Andrew Parsons of the New Hampshire State Police explosives unit.

There were eclectic displays of Civil War souvenirs, some intriguing photographs of the villa before the roof blew off, and Barnsley family memorabilia complete with tales of undying love, heartbreak, financial disaster and even fratricide.

Geordie lad Chas McGill adds the ultimate trophy to his collection of war souvenirs – a working machine gun from a crashed German bomber… James Dawson, author of Under My Skin, current Queen of Teen My favourite second world war story is a beautiful picture book called Rose Blanche by Ian McEwan (illustrated by Roberto Innocenti).

The internationally famous attractions of living wonders, mechanical marvels and historical artifacts of P.T. Barnum's American Museum, located in New York City, influenced the Chicago Fair's Curiosity Shop, including the largest display of war souvenirs and Americana yet seen in the North.

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His "War Souvenir" series from 2006 traced the horrors of a fictionalized war that in fact took place in the closet of Ventura's apartment.

The books, which Mr Warren's father brought back to America as a German war souvenir in 1945, are among only ten surviving examples.

Two Eurostar trains bound for London have been delayed and a station evacuated after the discovery of a "world war souvenir".

When rebels in the post office surrendered after a relentless artillery bombardment, the proclamation was stripped off the wall by Major Louis Tamworth, a British army officer, as a war souvenir.

"There were only two things in the entire house that were familiar to him," she wrote, "the fire (although he didn't understand the chimney), and the sword," a Civil War souvenir.

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