In the the Season One Finale of Soldiers' Heart, you'll hear from a civilian with a message of gratitude for WWII GIs: Lesley Saner was a little girl in Manchester during the German Blitzkrieg. In this interview she vividly recounts midnight air raids, rationing, and the arrival of the American troops with their soccer balls and candy. This is her love letter to American service men and women everywhere around the world. 

Soldiers' Heart is written and produced by me, Cyndi Briggs, and features veterans stories from North Carolina. We honor vets by listening to their stories. You can follow along on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook at Soldiers’ Heart NC.    If you have an idea for a story or interview, email us at SoldiersHeartNC@gmail.com.   Special thanks to the MUSE of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, where all of these stories are archived. You can learn more about the museum at https://musews.org.   To hear Lesley’s, full interview, visit the MUSE’s Soundcloud account here: https://soundcloud.com/musews/lesley-saner-21-april-2017   Photo Credit: Cyndi Briggs - This photo is of my grandfather, John Briggs, in Germany in the summer of 1945.    Music Credits:  Free Music Archive.org Intro Music: Breathing - Spectacular Sound Productions Marina - Antonio Bizarro Family Together - Borrtex Credits Music: City Lights - Chad Crouch   YouTube Audio Library:  Dusk - DivKid Clouded - Public Memory Tiptoe out the Back Door - Dan Lebowitz Please - Wayne Jones   Ambi/Sound Credits:  Free Sound.org Air Raid Siren - Audiojacked f8f-bearcat-very-low - Bigpickle51 ominous background - zatdude slow-sad-tones - tj-mothy inifinite-storm - digifish