As dozens of their players left the gridiron for battlefields overseas, the cities of Philadelphia and Pittsburgh joined forces to keep the decimated NFL squads up and running.
On July 23, 1944, a celebration marked a milestone in production for Higgins Industries, which had just finished its 10,000th boat for delivery to the US Navy.
Despite the impending defeat of the Wehrmacht in France, the victory over Germany would not be complete until the capital of France was liberated, and the Vichy government replaced.
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.
Join us in conversation with Robin Judd, author of Between Two Worlds: Jewish War Brides after the Holocaust.
Join Bing and the Belles as they look back on his USO performances during World War II and sing his wartime hits.
Learn more about the BB's Stage Door Canteen original show Rosie! and how it honors the millions of American women who entered the workforce during World War II.