Slowly she begins listing and soon over the din we hear the captain’s voice through the loudspeakers, ‘abandon ship’.

Prohibited from serving with the U.S. Army as a medical officer, Barbara Stimson was commissioned by the British—and helped ...

As Italian leaders commemorated the National Memorial Day of the victims of the 'Foibe' mass killings in the Trieste region ...

The RAF withdrew the Defiant from frontline duty due to the warbird’s limited endurance. When one thinks of gun turrets on ...

In a career that dates back to the 1970s, Ivan Nahem has written and performed music that defies convention. The vocalist and ...

Las Vegas City Hall does not display nor possess a photo of the mayor considered “the most controversial” in the town’s ...

The Washington, D.C., Evening Star reported Monday, Jan. 1, 1940, that “merry crowds” had gathered in the nation’s capital to ...

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We humans have a habit of overestimating what we do know, underestimating what we don’t know, and, all too frequently, ignoring the difference. Consider long range planning. Pretend for a ...

Just prior to U.S. entry into World War II, the 34th Infantry Regiment was awaiting shipment to Hawaii. On Dec. 21, 1941, ...

While lectures on the legacies of Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Harriet Tubman are all important, some educators ...

Transcript TEXT ON SCREEN: World War II and the Holocaust, 1939-1945 NARRATOR ... It was the start of the Second World War. In April 1940, Germany occupied Denmark and Norway. In May, the German armed ...