Understanding the Japanese Penchant for Suicide
(Newsweek Magazine, 1945)
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1860: The Gathering Storm
(The Southern Rebellion, 1867)
Attached is a printable chronology of the events leading up to the American Civil War: One month after Lincoln was
The Civil War in 1864
(The Southern Rebellion, 1867)
Here is a printable chronology of the important events that occurred during 1864, the most decisive year of the American Civil War.
The Civil War in 1865
(Southern Rebellion, 1867)
Here is a printable chronology of the important events that occurred during 1865, the last year of the American Civil War:
Home Front Doctor
Endorsed Smoking
Dr. Louis Edward Bisch (1885 – 1963) was an odd duck, well known in his day for making numerous indefensible
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Recalls Little Round Top
On the fiftieth anniversary of the War Between the States, retired U.S Army General Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (1828 – 1914) wrote about his experiences at the Battle of Little Round Top for the editors at Hearst’s Magazine.
The ”Missing in Action” Telegrams
Few Americans realize the deep concern which the Army exercises to determine the exact status of a man reported missing in action, and even fewer are aware of the many complexities that beset the endeavor to track down missing [personnel]… It may be observed, incidentally, that the men reported as ‘missing in action’ has a two-out-of-three chance of being alive, and of turning up eventually. He may be a prisoner of war, and his capture may be subsequently reported. When that happens, of course, his name will be remove from the ‘missing list’. Or, he might be alive and uncaptured… As a matter of fact, if he is a flier, he has a fifty percent chance of being alive for it has been statistically established that approximately half the crew of a Flying Fortress that crash-lands or is shot down behind enemy lines survive.”
The 50th Anniversary
The red scribe who penned this article had no idea that the clock was ticking when it came to the USSR (it collapsed some twenty-three years later) and that the name Soviet Union would soon serve as the answer for assorted parlor games such as Trivial Pursuit. Nonetheless, the writer’s misplaced pride came bubbling forth in this column that celebrated their 50th year in existence.
Corsets
Although this journalist couldn’t know it, she was writing one of the last corset reviews in fashion history. No doubt,
Review of Kaiser Wilhelm’s Memoir
Not surprisingly, the British magazine Spectator printed a terribly dry and unsympathetic review of My Memoirs by Kaiser Willhelm II
“We Gave the Red Army Its Speed”
Leo Thomas Crowley (1889 – 1972) was a senior administrator for FDR as the head of the Foreign Economic Administration, and in this Newsweek editorial it recalls a time late in the war when he let-loose some steam having felt that the British and Americans were not getting enough credit for building up the strength of Stalin’s military.
American Ski Troops
There were many different new types of personnel the U.S. military had to train and deploy if they were to
Ike’s Boys
When this article appeared in print the war in Europe had been over for three and a half months. Nonetheless,
1938, Women Pilots
The Triumphs of Pilot Jacqueline Cochran
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