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Tag: WWll

Moe Berg

When  baseball greats Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig went on tour in baseball-crazy Japan in 1934, some fans wondered why … More

Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Moe Berg, OSS, Spy, unsung heroes, US History, WWll

The Bloody Hell of Okinawa

Seventy-five years ago, the final great battle of WWII convinced Allied leaders to drop the atomic bomb on Japan. The … More

4th Marine Division, Atomic Bomb, history, Okinawa, Politics, Research, truth, US Marines, WWll

Imagine you were born in 1900

  On your 14th birthday, World War I starts and ends on your 18th birthday.  22 million people perish in … More

1900, Cold War, Essay, Great Depression, history, Korean War, life, massive deaths, USA, Viet Nam, WWl, WWll

How a globe-trotting, adventure-seeking socialite became the first American woman in uniform captured by the Nazis

The Legend of Gertie Peter Finn – The Washington Post – National Security Editor “One afternoon in the summer of … More

colorful history, entertainment, Gertrude Sanford, history, life, Opinion, Research, Washington Post, WWll

For Some Holocaust Survivors, Even Liberation Was Dehumanizing

For those of you who are familiar, and interested, in history this article is a must read. We need to … More

concentration camps, Dachau, Elie Wiesel, Hannover-Ahlem, history, Holocaust, liberation, Never Again, remembering, WWll

Ohrdruf/Buchenwald – 1st Camp liberated by Americans

Yesterday, while trying to read and enjoy an early morning coffee, a fella asked if he could join my otherwise … More

Buchenwald, Eisenhower, Holocaust Museum, liberation, Never Again, Ohrdruf, Patton, WWll
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