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The Original Stage Door Canteen
Where could a GI enjoy the best big bands, dance with the ladies, and rub elbows with the likes of Marlene Dietrich? Only at the Stage Door Canteen.
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The Arsenal of Democracy
Opened June 2017 in the Louisiana Memorial Pavilion, The Arsenal of Democracy: The Herman and George R. Brown Salute to the Home Front tells the story of the road to war and the Home Front, drawing on personal narratives and evocative artifacts to highlight facets of WWII-era American life through an experiential narrative.
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High School Life at Rohwer War Relocation Center
Rohwer War Relocation Center in McGehee, Arkansas, was created to educate the children of Japanese American descent who were forced from their homes along the West Coast of the United States and required to live behind barbed wire for the duration of WWII, far from the homes they knew.
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The Louisiana Maneuvers
Americans like to think of World War II as a “great crusade,” but if it was, the country certainly didn’t seem all that fervent about rushing into it. Think of it: by the usual reckoning, World War II lasted six years, from the invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939, to Japan’s surrender on board the USS Missouri on September 2, 1945. US participation spanned less than four years of that total, a little over half the war. Of seven campaigning seasons, the United States missed the first three and was active only in the final four.
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For This We Fight
How soil from Mississippi, and subsequently all over the country, ended up spread across the globe during World War II.
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New Orleans in the Second World War
Two years after the renowned historian began planning a war museum and eight years before The National D-Day Museum opened, Ambrose delivered a lecture, “New Orleans in the Second World War.”
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Preparing for the Citizen Soldier’s Return: the GI Bill of 1944
"By the war’s conclusion, nearly 16 million men and a half million women would provide military service for their country. Where would the opportunities to create better lives for themselves come from for these men and women who had seen, experienced, and sacrificed so much during the war years?"
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The Pelican State Goes to War
WDSU-TV previews new special exhibit about Louisiana during World War II.
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Shreveport Under Attack: A Look Back at the Louisiana Maneuvers
While military maneuvers train and test a force’s capabilities, they can also seem like an “alternate history” at times. Consider these fascinating front pages from September 1941, reprinted here courtesy of The Shreveport Times, describing the US Army’s big Louisiana Maneuvers.
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The Pelican State Goes to War
Watch a replay of the special exhibit's July 27 opening presentation.
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Billy Michal profiled
A recipient of the 2017 American Spirit Awards Silver Service Medallion recalls the WWII scrap drive that won him acclaim.
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"A fearsome attack on Shreveport, 76 years ago"
The Shreveport Times revisits its own coverage of the Louisiana Maneuvers.