Jimmy Stewart’s Finest Performance
Watching It’s A Wonderful Life, you’d never guess what Jimmy Stewart had been doing for the previous three years.
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Tag Archives: World War II
Cartoons: World War II
It was a time of draft boards, air raid sirens, and rationing. More cartoons from the wartime pages of the Post.
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Book Review: A Daughter’s Tale
An intimate memoir from the youngest and only surviving child of Winston Churchill, Mary Soames.
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From our Archives: How You Can Survive an A-Bomb Blast
This 1950 article claims that, in the event of an atomic bomb, “there are protective measures you can take—and proof that the blast is not always so fatal and frightful as you think.
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Rockwell: The War Years
We honor Memorial Day with Norman Rockwell art from both world wars.
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Classic Art: Rockwell Visits a Ration Board
In Spring of 1944 Norman Rockwell visited his local ration board — with sketchpad in hand, of course.
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What We Knew Before Pearl Harbor
The attack was a surprise; the war wasn’t.
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Cartoons: World War II
Although there’s nothing funny about war, creative people can find humor almost anywhere. Here are some cartoons from WWII-era issues of the Post to prove the point!
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Classic Covers: World War II
In honor of Veterans Day, we’re dusting off some WWII covers—from serious to sweet to humorous.
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Cartoons: Oldies But Goodies
Were cartoons from the 1950s and ’60s as funny as today’s? How about from World War II? We trolled old issues of the Post for these examples.
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Meet the Cartoonist (and Author): Joe Farris
Meet cartoonist, artist, author, and World War II veteran, Joe Farris.
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The Real Woman of the Year
Dorothy Thompson, according to author John Gunther, was, “The best reporter this generation has seen in any country, and that is not saying nearly enough.”
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Classic Covers: The All-American Soldier Willie Gillis
We remember Norman Rockwell’s WWII soldier, Robert Buck, who passed away this week, with warmth and gratitude.
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Classic Covers: A Soldier’s Christmas
Shopping, decorating and lots of Santas: that’s what Saturday Evening Post Christmas covers are made of. But we wanted to remember those serving overseas this holiday season.
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Living With Less In America
Amid all the belt-tightening of his holiday season, take comfort in the fact that you can but more than 4 gallons of gasoline this week.
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Enduring Glory: Eisenhower Interview
The Post continues its interview with the Eisenhowers on Ike’s new memoir.
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The Great Decision: Eisenhower Makes The Call
In 1944, Dwight Eisenhower launched history’s biggest military operation against Nazi Germany. He had planned exhaustively for every contigency, right down to the details, to throw the Germans off-balance and create a foothold in Europe. But all his planning was headed for failure because a new, impersonal, unexpected enemy had arrived. Now he had to ... More
