Ike is Going Home
(Newsweek Magazine, 1945)
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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)
Attached is a printable chronology of the important events that occurred during 1865, the last year of the American Civil War.
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.
The 50th Anniversary
(Soviet Union Today, 1967)
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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More Letters from the German Home Front
“The information in letters found on the German dead, intimate and personal as it is, leads to some striking deductions.
‘Its a Wonderful Life’ – the Synopsis
Lovingly ripped from the binding of a 1947 issue of Photoplay Magazine was the attached thumbnail It’s a Wonderful Life, written in the form of a favorable plot synopsis. Oddly, the film was released in March of 1947 – long after Christmas.
Opinions on the Early Home Front
“The pre-Pearl Harbor issue has been liquidated, not because of an act of national will power. It had faded before