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1940s V-J Day Kids

After 66 years, memories of Victory in Japan Day shine on

on August 24, 2011

In spite of the weather, we’d been issued heavy winter gear in preparation for the ...

1940s

Soldiers and Spies at York Beach

on August 1, 2011

By Stanley W. Wright Waterford, Maine As a young boy, I lived on Long Sands ...

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Couple’s wartime correspondence was stamped with love

on July 20, 2011

Most people thought of my late husband, Ray, as a real extrovert. He liked to ...

1940s

“Old Fritz” did his part to build morale

on June 30, 2011

When I was a kid, my hometown of West Bend, Wisconsin, always had a wonderful ...

Childhood Children collect scrap metal and rubber for WW2 drive.

Children gathered up scrap by the wagonload in ’43

on March 3, 2011

“In October 1943, children in the Liberty Street neighborhood of Springfield, Ohio helped the war ...

1940s

Volunteers hand made cotton swabs

on March 3, 2011

World War II saw the entire country get behind the war effort. Both men and ...

1940s

School boys knitted afghans for wounded soldiers

on March 3, 2011

By Richard Mathewson, Norman, Oklahoma During World War II, everyone in Owosso, Michigan was involved ...

1940s A riveter works at the Douglas Aircraft Plant during WWII.

Sister was a riveter during the war

on February 6, 2011

“My sister, Edna Holmen Brink, was a riveter at the Douglas aircraft plant in Long ...