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Pumpkin Mallory

dinerman wrote 46 minutes ago: I believe this “Classic Quality” Mallory dates before the Stetson buyout of the company, … more →

Tags: Hats, 1940s, , Fashion, Fedora, Felt, Fur felt, hat, homefront

urbanfragment wrote 59 minutes ago: Adolf Hitler and Count Ciano, salute on Chancellory balcony, Berlin … more →

Tags: BW, People, Adolf Hitler, Count Ciano, Berlin

Green for Danger by Christianna Brand

Guy Savage wrote 1 hour ago: Although the murder that takes place at Heron’s Park Hospital could, in theory, offer any numb … more →

Tags: Brand Christianna, Fiction, 1940s Britain, British crime fiction, closed circle of suspects, Golden Age of Detective Fiction, Inspector Cockrill, made into film, series detective

Working in Paradise

Hinges of History wrote 2 hours ago: WAVE Merrily Kurtz Hewett remembers being on the job in Hawaii:  We all went to work about the same … more →

Tags: Waves, Women's History, Hawaii

Perseverance

wazzu62 wrote 4 hours ago: Perseverance seems to be the word for the week. My Dad, 89 years old, spent several days in the hosp … more →

Tags: General Musings, perseverance, Graduation, Father, dad

Jean's Poem "About Time" 5-26-2012

Jim Hilton wrote 4 hours ago: My mother, Jean McGready,  is in her 80′s now, has a few medical problems, but still has an ac … more →

Tags: Wartime England, War Brides, Texas

Stories in honor of National Cancer Survivors Day

Carltonaut wrote 5 hours ago: Leo Carlton during his pilot training (roughly 1943). In 1997, I lost my grandpa Carlton to leukemia … more →

Tags: Just For Fun, Air Force, B-24, Cancer, Cerignola, co-pilot, Family, Germany, grandpa

Understanding Japanese cemeteries

miyauchi12 wrote 5 hours ago: Old gravestones “I had not thought death had undone so many”  T.S. Eliot Ah, but it has. … more →

Tags: Cultural, Ehime, Japanese Culture, Culture, Buddhism, Shinto, Graves, Cemeteries, Ghosts

An afternoon in Hiroshima

afrobaer wrote 5 hours ago: Once we had left our hotel and strolled around the neighboring streets, we found our selves in a sor … more →

Tags: Articles, Attractions, Food, hiroshima, Restaurants

EGM Preview: Enemy Front

raycarsillo wrote 11 hours ago: Face Towards Enemy When we look back at how first-person shooters have evolved over the past decade … more →

Tags: written, EGM (Electronic Gaming Monthly), Video Games, preview, City-interactive, enemy front, Stuart Black, First-Person Shooter

Ailsa's travel photo challenge: Rhythm2 comments

trishworth wrote 12 hours ago: Ailsa proposes ‘Rhythm’ as this week’s photo topic, which is great for me!  Since … more →

Tags: photos, 1940s, 2/15th battalion, Photography, Photos 2, cairo, Egypt, Travel

Some People Need A Wake Up Call

Jac Flanders wrote 15 hours ago: What a surprise – I realized yesterday that I’m prejudiced! And, I’m ashamed of it. After my blog la … more →

Tags: Bigotry, prejudice, derogatory, Offensive Words, Racist, Korean War

Favorite Movie: what's yours? but most importantly, why?2 comments

Carrie Nyman wrote 20 hours ago: My uncle, Miles (who is my husband’s uncle, but he’s family and a brilliant doctor of so … more →

Tags: Books, writing, Reading, Love, Nicholas Sparks, Wordsworth

Portraits of Heart

Tara Wiley wrote 21 hours ago: by Tara Wiley The ancient attic stairs sagged and grieved with Grandma, whose sighs grew more audibl … more →

Tags: Responses, german POWs, Omaha

1945 Poulton Fedora

dinerman wrote 21 hours ago: It’s always nice when hats are actually dated. Eliminates a lot of guesswork. This hat was mad … more →

Tags: Hats, Brown, Fashion, Fedora, hat company, hat store, Men's, Patriotic, Poulton

There's now't so queer as folk!

hungryheart62 wrote 21 hours ago: So here is a little story for you. A couple of weekends ago my sister and I visited St Ives. More on … more →

Tags: Genealogy, Family,, Travel, genealogy, Family, St Ives, WWI, penzance, Stennack School, Drew

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

fortheloveofthebook wrote 23 hours ago: It is not easy writing  about war. Those who have been through it are so changed by their experience … more →

Tags: Non-Fiction, Band of Brothers, Stephen E. Ambrose, "Winters, easy company

Honor Flight of Oregon struggling for funding

Dhyana wrote 23 hours ago: A non-profit organization created to take World War II veterans to the World War II Memorial in Wash … more →

Tags: women veterans, women of wwII, WACS, WAVES, Honor Flight of Oregon, Peggy Lutz, WWII veterans

Peggy Lutz Goes To Washington

Dhyana wrote 23 hours ago: The Honor Flight of Oregon joins Honor Flights all over the country as a non-profit, volunteer drive … more →

Tags: women veterans, women of wwII, WACS, WAVES, Honor Flight of Oregon, Peggy Lutz, WWII veterans, Veterans at Washington DC


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