It was only in the wake of Executive Order 8802, and a presidential directive issued directly to the Corps, that the Marines began setting up a new segregated training facility for African American recruits at Montford Point, North Carolina. One of the first recruits was Edgar Cole.

World War II shaped the culinary experiences of Japanese Americans in incarceration camps.

Despite being overlooked in many circles, American “Lend-Lease” support sent to the USSR not only tipped the scales in Eastern Europe but enabled the victory on the Russian Front.

Franklin Roosevelt and Winston Churchill had the most complex and historically significant friendship of the 20th century.

In April 1945, fifty nations gathered in San Francisco, California and created The United Nations.