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Top 25 Veteran's Day Movies: WWII Part 1Join me as I examine some of the best films of WWII for Veteran's Day in the first of this series.
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June 1944, WWII, Somewhere in ItalyA letter that my father wrote to his parents while serving with the 157th Infantry in Italy during WWII. -
WWII and Korean War Veterans Honored on the USS SampsonCongressman David Wu and the U.S. Navy presented Oregon's WWII and Korean War Veterans with Congressional Certificates for their honored service to the United States.
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Black History Month: Saluting the Tuskegee Airmen of WWIIStarting at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama, a group of unknown Afro-Americans became fighter pilots during WWII. During their assignment they distinguished themselves with high military awards for valor and performance. -
WWII Navy Watch Cap Knitting Pattern FreeThis knitted watch cap, also known as a stocking cap, was approved for official use during WWII for the Navy and Coast Guard. -
Top Ten Veteran's Day Movies: WWIIMovies that embody the reasons we honor our fighting men and women of WWII on Veteran's Day make my personal top ten list.
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WWII Book: Our Girl Chronicles Love During WWII and BeyondThis novel chronicles a love story that stood the test of time during WWII. C Bennett's debut novel brings nostalgia to the front lines of love. -
Charles Lindbergh - the Lone Eagle During WWII in the PacificA history of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh in the Pacific during WWII.
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Julie & Julia May Bring Interest Back to Julia Child's OSS Work in WWIIWhile "Julie & Julia" shows the side of Julia Child we know her for in the French culinary arts, her secret work for the OSS in WWII should also be dramatized. Her time there had as much wit and efficiency as her Paris years... -
Living WWII Veteran, My Grandfather, Virgil BoswellMy grandfather is 92 years young, but his memory is sharp as a tack. He tells stories about his time in the Army, serving in WWII, and his special appointments as if it were only yesterday. Here I will list a few of his stories.
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History Vacation: Gettysburg World War II (WWII) Weekend ReenactmentLast year I traveled to WWII Weekend in Gettysburg, PA; here are some pro's and con's that give an idea of what WWII Weekend has to offer.
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My Father, My Hero and a WWII VeteranA daughter pays tribute to her father on this Veterans Day. He served in WWII.
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Royal Oak Historical Society WWII Exhibit Opens Dec. 7Royal Oak is honoring its more than 20 WWII veteran's with an exhibit at the Royal Oak Historical Society Museum.
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'The Pianist' Ranks as a Historically Accurate WWII Holocaust Movie"The Pianist" is a WWII historically accurate movie based on the memoir of Holocaust survivor Wladyslaw Szpilman. Perhaps it is due to its producer, Roman Polanski, surviving the Holocaust. Either way, the accuracy of "The Pianist" is nearly unmatched.
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Top 2012 Germany WWII BooksA guide to the top 2012 books about the rise of Nazi Germany, Germany during WWII and the fate of German civilians after the second world war.
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WWII-centered Novellas by Heinrich BollDiscussion of 5 or 6 (depending on how one counts) novellas by German Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Boll showing German infantrymen in WWII. -
Purple Heart and Bronze Star, WWIIA letter written by my father while chasing Germans out of France and back to Berlin during WWII, 1945. -
If You Were the WWII Nurse in the Times Square Photo on V-J Day, Would You Have Walked Away Afterward?Is a kiss really just a kiss? Maybe sometimes, but not when it's the subject of a famous photo taken at the end of WWII, on V-J Day in Times Square, New York. If you were the WWII nurse in the Times Square photo, what would you have done after that kiss? -
An Interview with a WWII VeteranI interviewed a WWII veteran and wrote his story in my own words.
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A Lesson from the Food Shortage in Japan in WWIIThe nation-wide food shortage which affected Japan in WWII
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WWII Snipers: Their Importance in Winning the WarAn overview of the participation of snipers on all sides of the WWII conflict.
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The Events of WWIIWhy did World War II happen? Why did Hitler kill himself? What was Pearl Harbor?
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Ian Fleming's Black Ops of WWIIHighlights of Ian Fleming's Black Operations as a Lt. Cmdr. within British Naval intelligence during WWII.
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Game Review: WWII Aces for WiiWWII Aces is the arcade style World War II shooter with plenty of air action in a huge variety of planes across 72 missions in three campaigns. -
Post WWII Constitutional Changes that Changed the Country ForeverA discussion of post-WWII Japanese constitution and the significant changes it offered the people of Japan.
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Becoming California: California in the Post-WWII EraThe effects of WWII on the state of California and its social, political, and economic movements.
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A Day of Remembrance in Colorado for Signing of WWII Order Leading to Japanese InternmentJapanese-Americans and others in Denver, Colorado gathered in memory of Camp Amache in Colorado, and those Americans who were relocated there during WWII.
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Memoir '44: WWII Boardgame at It's BestMemoir '44 is a excellent WWII board game
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From Oran Africa to Sicily, August 1943, WWIIV-Mail Letters from Sicily during WWII. -
91-Year-Old WWII Veteran Assaulted: Breakdown of American Inner City FamiliesWayne County Michigan. A carjacker assaulted a 91 year old WWII veteran in Detroit's West Side! You can watch the shocking video here. This is such a horrible thing to have happen to an elderly man and also to a veteran. -
Letters Home, WWII, Italy, June 1944Here are two letters my daddy wrote to his parents from Italy in June 1944, while in the 157th Infantry, 45th Division, during WWII. -
Anzio Beach to a Cave in Italy, May 1944, WWIIV-Mail from the WWII front in Italy. -
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWIIA review of Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII, released on Playstation 3.
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'Inglorious Basterds': Quentin Tarantino on WWIIWell, Quentin Tarantino finally did it. He managed to squeeze a drop of cognition into one of his high octane, low budget blood drenched films. 'Inglorious Basterds'(Brad Pitt): a comedy about the Holocaust. -
The Saboteur: A Fresh Take on Generally Stale WWII GamingA review of the EA and Pandemic Studios new video game "The Saboteur."
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Popular WWII Singer Dame Vera Lynn, 92, Tops Music Charts in Great BritainVera Lynn, crooner of wartime ballads in Great Britian, is topping the charts in the U.K. this year. Ninety-two-year-old Dame Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" beat out even the remastered Beatles' "St. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." -
From Italy to France, August 1944, WWIIREPLUBLISHED CONTENT - Due to AC publishing error. -
WWII Victory Day: International Celebration on Red Square - LIVE on RTOn May 9, Moscow will host the 65th anniversary Victory Day parade. For the first time in decades, foreign troops are participating in it. -
Germany, Dachau, Munich, April 1945, WWIILetters written by my father in April 1945, while on the way to Munich, Germany with the 157th Infantry, Company 'H', 45th Division, USA Army. -
Germany, April 1945, WWII, My Darling Wife...A lonesome soldier's letter to his wife.
