ALL OUT FOR FREEDOM: MEMORIES FROM THE WORLD WAR II HOMEFRONT

Antiques & Collecting Magazine;  July 1, 2008 ;     700+ words ......ago became part of America's collective memory book. The reason? They immediately...in America's history: the World War II years of the 1940s. While...effort. Memorabilia from the World War II home front comes in many...meant to be an American during World War II. Among ...

Veterans of World War II find themselves richly, newly celebrated.

Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service;  May 22, 2004 ;     700+ words ......years ago, Bill Guarnere's heroics in World War II were mostly unknown even to his neighbors...Guarnere is an extreme version of what many World War II veterans have experienced recently...weekend with the dedication of the National World War II Memorial in Washington. As they ...

MONUMENT TO CONVEY WORLD WAR II'S ESSENCE.(NEWS)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  March 9, 1997 ;     700+ words ......when the voice of a retired mail carrier and World War II veteran came booming across the room...Roger Durbin calling out. ``Why isn't there a World War II memorial in Washington?'' ``There is one...way to producing the first true national World War II memorial. It is to be built on ...

Remembering World War I

Special Report with Brit Hume (Fox News Network);  June 17, 1999 ;     700+ words ......HUME: To many Americans, the Second World War and the cold war are the defining military...interests. But many historians have regarded World War I, with its much more ambiguous roots...of that war entitled simply The First World War. And he joins me here now. Welcome, sir...

WORLD WAR II IN FULL FORCE AT NORTH CAROLINA MUSEUM OF HISTORY

US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  September 12, 2007 ;     534 words ......History issued the following news release: World War II and America's "greatest generation...Sept. 20, and step back to the days of World War II during a Family Day event on Sept...exhibit Everybody's War: North Carolina and World War II, opening Sept. 18. The exhibit's artifacts...

WWI's 'rightful place': The organizers of a new museum in Kansas City hope...

Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL);  November 26, 2006 ;     700+ words ......called doughboys, not GI Joes. For Americans, World War I is the second-place world war. Although the conflict's death and devastation...the men and women who fought and served in World War II, has pushed the earlier conflict even further...

ANALYSIS-U.S.: GOP TESTS HOW 'WORLD WAR III' SOUNDS TO VOTERS

Inter Press Service English News Wire;  July 21, 2006 ;     700+ words ......global conflagration on the order of a world war was more the stuff of Biblical prophecy...constituted the initial stages of a new world war. But during the past week or so, with...the public that the U.S. is engaged in World War III. Gingrich made national headlines...

The National World War II Museum to Host Film Conference Examining How a...

PR Newswire;  January 22, 2008 ;     700+ words ...Real to Reel: World War II in Film, Documentaries & Newsreels...The Second International Conference on World War II this April NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The pivotal years of World War II have influenced and inspired filmmakers...

African-Americans fought racism on two fronts in World War II

Washington Afro-American;  May 6, 1995 ;     700+ words ......African-Americans fought racism on two fronts in World War II. Historian Theodore Ropp writes that, "World War II killed more persons, cost more money...Well before the official U.S. entry into World War II, African-Americans were daily engaged...

HARD-FOUGHT; Salute in stone culmination of a 17-year campaign.(WORLD WAR...

The Washington Times;  May 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......WASHINGTON TIMES A national memorial to honor World War II veterans seemed like a simple, popular...the official dedication of the National World War II Memorial May 29, during Memorial Day...Kaptur says. That's why there was no World War II memorial before, because they never...

PAYING TRIBUTE; Here are the highlights of many events planned. For a...

The Washington Times;  May 21, 2004 ;     700+ words ......WASHINGTON TIMES May 29 National World War II Memorial Dedication Ceremony - 2 p.m. (tribute at noon) National World War II Memorial, between Constitution...May 24-28, June 28-31 Memories of World War II: Photographs From the Archives...

World War II Memorial Awaits Dedication

Army;  May 1, 2004 ;     479 words ...The magnificent National World War II Memorial on the National Mall...says Mike Conley, spokesman for the World War II Memorial, "but people will see...before the dedication so that as many World War II veterans as possible can view...

Parade to honor World War II vets

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  August 31, 2005 ;     700+ words ......to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of World War II, and a downtown parade at 1:30 p.m. will...Transportation Museum, will drive the museum's World War II Ford Jeep carrying two World War II veterans, Ray Perkins of Orrington and Phil...

WORLD WAR I TO WORLD WAR IV: A DEMOCRATIC-ECONOMIC PERSPECTIVE

Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT This paper analyses the idea that the world has not only experienced World War I and World War II but has also fought World War III and is currently waging World War IV. Socio-political and economic factors are applied...

World War I to World War IV: a democratic-economic perspective.(ECONOMICS...

Journal of Economics and Economic Education Research;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT This paper analyses the idea that the world has not only experienced World War I and World War II but has also fought World War III and is currently waging World War IV. Socio-political and economic factors are applied...