Charles David, Jr. enlisted in the Coast Guard as soon as it was clear the U.S. was entering World War II. Though the military was segregated and David was Black, […]
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Baby books, vintage photographs, partially filled photo albums—we’ve all seen these in antique stores and at flea markets. Who were these people? And how did their photos end up in
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During World War II, a wife wrote a desperate plea to a man in the military whom she barely knew. She needed information about her husband, and my father and
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Martin Luther King Jr. was strongly influenced by his father, Martin Luther King, Sr. (often called Daddy King). King Senior was a minister in the Baptist Church. He was also
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War undoubtedly inspired the writing of many songs, but one particular song was composed in a fox hole in the South Pacific during World War II. It actually made it
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Dorie Miller was a mess attendant on the battleship USS West Virginia when the Japanese launched a massive surprise attack on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii on Sunday, December 7, 1941.
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