Jason Dawsey, PhD, is a Research Historian at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy, where he researches the service records of WWII veterans and writes their biographies for family members.
Jason Dawsey, PhD
Research Historian
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Joseph Stalin and the Dissolution of the Comintern
On May 22, 1943, Moscow announced the dissolution of the Communist International.
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Nurse Opal James’ Second World War
Nurses like US Army Nurse Opal James made vital contributions to the American struggle for victory in World War II.
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Two Moments of Remorse for Nazi Crimes: Willy Brandt, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, and the Memory of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Marking the 80th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, The National WWII Museum connects two instances of remorse for Nazi criminality by leading German politicians.
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African American Women's Service and Experience
Long Overdue: The 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion Recognized with the Congressional Gold Medal
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Adolfo Kaminsky
The long and astounding life of Adolfo Kaminsky (1925–2023) typifies a quite modern form of deception—the art of forging documents.
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Recognition after a Long Wait: Ruben Rivers’ Medal of Honor
Heroism on the battlefield often goes unrecognized for generations, as it did for Staff Sergeant Ruben Rivers.
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Stalingrad and the Growth of the Anti-Nazi Resistance
News of the crushing Soviet victory at Stalingrad in February 1943 over the Third Reich and its satellite states struck the rest of Europe, indeed the globe, like a thunderbolt.
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From Oahu to Guadalcanal: Charles Willis Davis’s Medal of Honor
World War II ripped millions of men and women from their homes and hurled them around the globe. Americans like Charles Willis Davis discovered, though, under the most extreme circumstances, that they possessed incredible courage and ability.
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Valor at Pearl Harbor: Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd’s Medal of Honor
Bravery—even unto death—was evident everywhere as Imperial Japan’s air and sea forces struck the US naval base at Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941.
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An Exercise in Depravity: The Establishment of the Warsaw Ghetto
The largest of the ghettos where Eastern European Jews were first confined and, later, deported to extermination camps by the Nazis was set up in Warsaw, Poland.