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In the Service

Off the Bookshelf — ‘A Soldier’s Sketchbook’

on January 5, 2012

By John Burlingham Senior Editor Joseph Farris, the longtime cartoonist for The New Yorker magazine, ...

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As You Were — Christmas away from home

on November 30, 2011

Caroling Recruit in Biloxi By George Procak White Lake, New York I celebrated my first ...

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Hub Zemke saved us…twice

on September 6, 2011

It happens so often in our lives, we don’t fully appreciate what people do for ...

1940s FRIENDLY SKIES. Enemy "Betty" bombers no longer worried the ground troops. Vernon Erickson watched this plane touch down with Japan's surrender team in 1945 (click on image to view larger).

These ‘Bettys’ were beauties after long years in Pacific

on August 25, 2011

August 19, 1945, was a day I’ve never forgotten. Back then, I was a B-25 ...

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 ...

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I was in the ‘first WAVES’

on April 27, 2011

Carried on the tide of patriotic fervor sweeping the country at the outset of World ...

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WAAC member was the poster girl

on March 2, 2011

Being on a recruitment poster brought publicity and fame during World War II. By Anne ...

In the Service

Cryptographer wrote home from war in code

on March 2, 2011

By Onieta Crosswhite, Hagerstown, Maryland The memory “He Was No Cryptogether” by Marlin Swanson in ...

Cars and Travel A man pushes a 1930 Ford Model A in 1941.

Rickety Model A did the trick for aviation cadets’ trip

on February 6, 2011

“Joe Marchell (left) and I, both Naval aviation cadets, were ordered from Jacksonville, Florida to ...

1940s An airmen poses in front of his B-17 bomber in World War II England.

World War 2 B-17 ‘Flying Fortress’

on February 5, 2011

“My husband, Louis, took this picture of a B-17 when he was stationed in England ...