Those are amazing pictures, Jim. Maybe I've just missed something on here, but I was wondering where they came from. I know you're...
These are nice photos. :) So many women of my generation (Baby Boomer) grew up being very aware of all the things that women did during...
What a nice photo. Was it PBS that had "Fly Girls", which was a program about these women? It may have been American Experience or Frontline...
The photos are really nice, and the vehicles and other stuff - on the one hand - are kind of moving in their own way. On the other hand (and this...
I'm assuming that may be on Amazon? World War I, in many ways, took a backseat to World War II. I suppose that's natural, in view of the...
This was a particularly useful and informative post. I think it would be great if someone were able to post this type of thing regularly. :)...
Former President George Herbert Walker Bush was shot down in World War II. I don't recall the details of the incident right now, but apparently...
Bob Dole was injured during the war, which is why he keeps one hand in a pocket. I don't know if its paralyzed, but the injury apparently made...
Public television had a program on that covered World War II, and Brian Dennehy was on and talking about being there at the Bataan Death March....
For kids born earlier than I was schools taught children (ridiculous as it sounds now) to "duck and cover". They were taught to go under their...
Somehow, I don't think I'm brave enough to find her and show up as the niece she never got to have.
That's an amazing story. Its mind-boggling to think, too, that these were just a few guys and that there are thousands and thousands of stories...
I'm always kind of in awe of the relatively young veterans because my father, who fought as well, would be 96 years if he were alive. The...
My father was in Japan, and he used to talk about both Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima. I've always been under the impression he was in both places....
"Hi" from azalaeeight "Hi," everyone. I'm the daughter of a World War II Vet and live in Massachusetts, USA. Not long ago I renewed some...
My mother used to talk about living with the black-outs during the war, and she would talk about how ominous it felt to have those. A British...
I didn't know the 24-year-old Marine who was killed in the Phillipines during World War II, but I think of him often; and think of him each year...
My father fought in Japan before I was born, and, obviously, he was one of the ones who got to come home and start a family. He didn't really...