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Dec
Blog No. 18 – December 11 and 12, 2024
On December 11, 1941, American chargé d'affaires Leland B. Morris, the highest ranking American diplomat in Germany, was summoned to Fo...
29
Nov
Blog No. 17 – November 29, 2024
USS Archerfish (SS/AGSS-311) was a Balao-class submarine. She was the first ship of the United States Navy to be named for the archerfi...
18
Nov
Blog No. 16 – November 18, 2024
The Liege Hospital is Bombed
(Footsteps Research, Public Domain)
The Liege Hospital is the 15th General Hospital in Liege, Belgium. I...
15
Nov
Blog No. 15 – November 8, 2024
Torch Operation, North Africa 1942
On November 8, 1942, Allied forces were led by the United States and the United Kingdom in launchin...
31
Oct
Blog No.14 – November 1, 2024
Blog No.14 – November 1, 2024
Yankees or the Dodgers?
Air Force Sgt. Joe DiMaggio and Navy Chief Specialist Harold "Pee Wee" Reese po...
23
Oct
Blog #13 – October 20, 2024
The other morning there was no internet service, just when I wanted to write the next blog, so I decided to “wing it.” There was no sub...
11
Oct
Blog No. 12 – October 12, 2024
U.S. War Letters – What to do with Them!
WWII letters from an old auction on eBay
Never but really ever in my 75 years (a few yea...
27
Sep
Blog No. 11 September 27, 2024
Cindy’s Mother’s Story
as told by Paul (last name withheld)
to and then written by Lynne T. Attardi
Stanislawa Letkowski nee S...
24
Sep
Blog No. 10 September 22, 2024
Part of Operation Overlord, Battle of Normandy
A US M18 Hellcat of the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion in the streets of Brest in Sep...
12
Sep
Blog No. 9 September 12, 2024
Source: National Archives
Allied tanks in the German city of Koblenz.
(Still from Universal News)
Quoting from the National Archives...
03
Sep
Blog No. 8 September 2, 2024
The Phony War
That someone called a war by this name I found intriguing, so I researched it and thought it might be an interesting blo...
28
Aug
Blog No. 7 August 28, 2024
“ I don’t mind saying that I am sick of the whole mess....”
World War II area photograph of US Marine Corps (USMC) Major (MAJ), John...
26
Aug
Blog No. 1 a – August 22, 2024
UDT on D-Day (continued)
The Naval Combat Demolition Units participated in the amphibious landings in the south of France, Operation...
20
Aug
Blog # 6, August 20, 2024
…for six cents per volume
Sailor in his bunk
aboard USS Capelin
in WWII
I began to write about what the people on the Homefront...
13
Aug
Blog # 5, August 12, 2024
Laying the pipeline: A 'Conundrum' being moved into position into a specially constructed dock in preparation for the winding on of the...
08
Aug
Blog No. 4 – August 9, 2024
If you want to know what is the “longest-running public service announcement campaign” in our history, just look at this poster! And wh...
31
Jul
Blog No. 3 – July 31, 2024
80 years ago? July 31st, 1944
Hooray! At last. My webpage is finally complete – well, except for the ability to request addresses of t...
21
Jun
Blog No. 2, June 21, 2024
Wasn’t it fun as a child to make up codes when writing to your friends at school or even at home when you wanted to say something in se...
20
Jun
Blog No. 1 June 20 2024
My blog builder asked me for a sample blog. I had no idea what my first blog was going to entail; did I need to have him ask for a sample one