Contest Entry - Air Travel: Eastern Airlines, 1944

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[itskelp.livejournal.com]

what a depressing ad! yeesh.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

I know! It's a Twilight Zone episode waiting to be written - like he's already dead or something, for the twist ending.

[murakozi.livejournal.com]

...and the important, busy man who gave up his seat turns out to be Death.

[amelia-eve.livejournal.com]

YES

Man, that pushes all the buttons. Also, bonus points for the ashtray.

[rosehiptea.livejournal.com]

YES

But wow, yeah, depressing.

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

It's like you can hear him thinking, "Put on a happy face for Mom so she'll remember me that way, you know, just in case. Push down the memories of all the horrible things I've seen. Pretend it doesn't get to me. Raid Dad's liquor cabinet after the folks go to bed and everything will be fine."

[violetscorpion.livejournal.com]

YES.

And this ad makes my heart ache. I'm from a military family and my best friend is military (Army - two deployments). Got me teary-eyed.

[agirlsgarden.livejournal.com]

YES

Oh man, that last line. MAYBE FOR THE LAST TIME.

[write-light.livejournal.com]

I think that was more "Please let the war end" than "I'll die before I make it home again", but yes, sad either way.

[agirlsgarden.livejournal.com]

I thought of that, but it said he was only home for 30 hours, so presumably, he's going to go back to the war. And then.. never go home again? Super depressing.

[bradygirl_12]

Voting is closed but this would have been a yes for me. Bittersweet and very much a mirror of what people had to go through then.

My dad had to take an emergency flight home to see his mother,who they thought was dying (happily she recovered) and then had to go back to Korea and the war.