Don Shimmield awoke the morning of September third to the blaring wail of sirens overhead. He emerged from the sheets and stared out his window, expecting to see planes or tanks approaching. But nothing of the sort came. The skies were clear, the sun was rising, but the sirens continued to wake all of England’s people. The year was 1939, and although little nine year old Don didn’t know it, his country had just declared war on Germany. “We thought it was strange,” Don said wh