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When the U.S. Tried to Win World War II with Radioactive Foxes
Mentalfloss· 6 days agoThe Office of Strategic Services (OSS)—the forerunner of the CIA—was created just six months after...
Just curious: Who were Iowans who won Medals of Honor in World War II?
The Des Moines Register via Yahoo News· 3 days agoDarrell Lindsey, Jefferson Darrell Lindsey enlisted as an aviation cadet barely a month after the ...
Free A Marine To Fight—How Women Dressed To Serve In WWII
Forbes· 4 days agoMay and June are filled with anniversaries from World War Two. Among other events, these dates...
Bud Anderson, last triple ace pilot of World War II, dies at 102 | Texarkana Gazette
Texarkana Gazette· 23 hours agoClarence E. "Bud" Anderson Jr., a military pilot whose aerial derring-do spanned from World War II,...
Remembering Pvt. Parker, 80 years after his secret death in WWII
The Baltimore Banner· 3 days agoRalph Parker was a sharp dresser, what his family called a ladies’ man. In March 1941, months before...
Today in History: May 27, the Golden Gate Bridge opens
Stamford Advocate· 4 days agoToday is Monday, May 27, the 148th day of 2024. On May 27, 1937, the newly completed Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County, California, was opened to pedestrian traffic ...
‘Topaz Stories’ mines the history of a Japanese-American internment camp
Park Record· 6 days agoThe Friends of the Topaz Museum’s “Topaz Stories: Remembering the Japanese American Incarceration”...
It Happened Here: Grand Island men were prisoners of war in World War II
Grand Island Independent· 6 days agoInscribed on the marker for Dolphia “Mike” Boyce are five words and a partial date, “Lost Life on...
Ukraine’s fate is in Biden’s hands. Will he once again make the wrong choice?
The Hill· 15 hours agoUkraine needs a game-changer. The first is Washington’s unequivocal greenlight to use U.S. made...
How Steven Spielberg Impacted Cinema and Continues to Do So - Hollywood Insider
Hollywood Insider· 5 days agoMichael Bay has been receiving audiences by presenting them with movies such as ‘Transformers’ and...