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Al Hirt: From the US Army to the King of New Orleans Jazz
The service and legacy of one of New Orleans jazz legends.
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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.
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When Higgins Boats Invaded New Orleans' Lakefront
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.
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Proclamation 2527 and the Internment of Italian Americans
The surveillance and detention of Italian Americans after Pearl Harbor is a little-known piece of WWII history.
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Navy Exonerates 256 Black Sailors Punished after 1944 Port Chicago Explosion
The exoneration was announced on the 80th anniversary of the explosion at the Port Chicago Naval Magazine in California that killed 320 people and injured 400 others.
