The Legacy of John Hersey’s “Hiroshima”
Seventy-five years ago, journalist John Hersey’s article “Hiroshima” forever changed how Americans viewed the atomic attack on Japan.
Seventy-five years ago, journalist John Hersey’s article “Hiroshima” forever changed how Americans viewed the atomic attack on Japan.
This little-known aircraft was part of the last air battle of World War II.
During World War II, 4-H members contributed to the war effort in many ways—through military service, as well as efforts on the home front.
The Civil Liberties Act of 1988 gave surviving Japanese Americans reparations and a formal apology by President Reagan for their incarceration during World War II. But its passage did not happen overnight.
Robert Riskin, head of the Bureau of Motion Pictures, was responsible for creating Projections of America, a documentary film series that became one of the most important propaganda initiatives of World War II.
On the continuities of German law and the jurists who spoke out against an authoritarian justice system.
Scientists became political activists in the debate over control of atomic energy.
Despite their contributions during the war, the end of the conflict brought uncertain years for women in military service.
The Japanese Americans who served in Company B of the 1800th should be remembered for their courage and dedication.
What transpired in Spain in 1936-37 was not only a civil war but a social revolution.