Now isn't the time to argue over money - comparison: Major League Baseball continuing during World War II and following the World Trade Center disaster
In the wake of the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington, one general manager noted that for all the talk of Major League Baseball's ability to soothe a grieving nation, the sport no longer(keep on reading)
Get your war bonds! Why doesn't the administration shout it?
THE United States wasn't at war when Irving Berlin composed a bouncy little tune called "Any Bonds Today?" But he knew war was coming, as the Nazis trampled the people of Europe: They(keep on reading)
Tin Pan Alley on the march: popular music, World War II, and the quest for a great war song
In 1941, several months before the attack on Pearl Harbor, a new Irving Berlin song appeared on jukeboxes across the United States. Berlin and his sponsors ...(keep on reading)
The homefront: World War II - Opinion Pulse
Polling was in its infancy during World War II, and Gallup and Roper asked Americans many interesting questions about the war and the homefront. In commentary on its 1941 Roper poll, Fortune magazi(keep on reading)
Coping with the emotional numbing of combat; perhaps as few as 1 million men, or 6% of all who served, actually participated in sustained combat during
Mortal combat is one of the most emotionally charged experiences a human being can have. And more Americans fought in WWII than in any other conflict ...(keep on reading)
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