Introducing Ike: “The Army’s Favorite General”
1942: America starts hearing about a modest, young general who will shortly become the Supreme Allied Commander and defeat the Nazi war machine.
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Tag Archives: World War II
How The Future Looked Without The Bomb
Before the atomic bomb destroyed Hiroshima, America was preparing for, and dreading, a long, bloody invasion of Japan.
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I Know the Girl in That Photo!
Our attention was brought to an intriguing 1949 article (“They Do Anything to Get Into the U.S.A.”) by an equally intriguing current-day story. A gentleman was researching the genealogy of his wife’s family and found a photo torn from a magazine, which lead to us…eventually.
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Putting America Back to Work
Today’s recession brings back memories—and policy debates—of the Great Depression.
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How Montgomery Smashes Rommel
Alan Moorehead (July 22, 1910 — September 29, 1983) was a famous war correspondent during the second World War before becoming a widely respected historian. This article, which depicts the nature of desert warfare, commemorates Moorehead’s 100th anniversary birthday this Thursday.
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War, Work, and Women, Part II
According to some 1944 critics, you just couldn’t get good war workers anymore.
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War, Work, and Women
Life on the home front offered many American women rare work experience, and an unexpected education.
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Family Life in Wartime
A mother of three details the nearly overwhelming task of keeping her family well-fed and healthy on $2,000 a year.
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Life in the Shadow of a Distant War
Part one of a series on the hopes and disappointments of Americans enduring a lengthy war overseas.
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Private Wilburn Kirby Ross: An American Hero
Andrew Stillman Phipps provided us this account of the incredible courage that earned Wilburn Ross the Medal of Honor.
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Addressing War in Wartime: Post Editorials from the 1940s
Two editorials, written in the 1940s, reflect some of America’s attitudes toward sacrifice and risk during the height of combat in Europe and Asia.
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They Will Never Be Forgotten
A look at some of our fallen soldiers’ beautiful resting places around the world.
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The Ability and the Duty to Be Heroic
What do we owe Americans like Rodger Young? How do we repay an average soldier who saved his comrades at the cost of his own life?
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The One-Man Army
Ever hear of a one-man army? Neither had we until we received an intriguing letter from a World War II veteran who was the entire “garrison” on strategically important Norfolk Island in the South Pacific. He was featured in a 1945 article called “The War’s Cushiest Billet.”
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It’s Planning Season for Recession Gardens
Home vegetable gardens are coming back into style.
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In the GI’s Shirt Pocket
Occasionally, in our archives or a forgotten spot in the office, we find a little treasure.
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The Controversial Hero
Any American who sparks such extreme opinion must represent something deep and valuable in the national character.
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