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John Joseph Parle's Medal of Honor
Navy Ensign John Joseph Parle risked his own life to save a ship and ensure a successful Allied amphibious invasion of Sicily in 1943.
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Trinity: Why It Really Mattered
While most people are familiar with the names of “Little Boy” and “Fat Man” as the atomic weapons used over Japan, what they may not be familiar with was how different the respective technologies of each bomb were and why this difference mattered.
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General William H. Simpson and the Endgame in China
Operation Rashness, a major fall offensive intended to seize a port on China’s southeast coast, would open sea lines of communication into China for the first time in several years while providing a base of operations for the invasion of southern Japan.
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1936, a Year for the Worker: Labor Action and the Reelection of Franklin D. Roosevelt
In 1936, strikes and protests achieved major gains for American workers and set the stage for organized labor’s contribution to the struggle against fascism in World War II.
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Operation Gomorrah: The First of the Firestorms
The fire seemed to become a living entity, changing course at will, consuming everything in its path, and generating a heat that melted glass and cutlery and turned bricks to ash. For over four hours, Hamburg burned.
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Operation Husky: The Classroom for Amphibious Landings
Many of the tactics, techniques, and procedures used during the invasion of Sicily set a precedent for further development in Allied amphibious assaults in the European theater of operations.
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Human Rights of Persons with Schizophrenia Before and After Wartime
As World War II approached, schizophrenics became victims of an even greater human rights violation at the hands of the Third Reich.
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A Costly Failure: Patton’s Raid to Liberate Hammelburg
Allied intelligence believed that most captured American officers were being held at the Hammelburg prisoner of war camp, Oflag XIII-B. This population likely included Patton’s son-in-law, Lieutenant Colonel John Waters, but there was no way to be sure.
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Robert Craig’s Medal of Honor
For his heroic service as an infantry officer during the Allied invasion of Sicily, Second Lieutenant Robert Craig was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on July 11, 1943.
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Operation Greif: German Commandos Sow Chaos Dressed in US Uniforms
Adolf Hitler's secret mission to Otto Skorzeny during the Ardennes Counteroffensive would rely on deception, employing English-speaking troops in US Army uniforms and equipment.
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'Danger! Women at Work': Patsy Kelly's 1943 Romp
Wartime film star Patsy Kelly's most defiant act was being an openly gay woman in an inhospitable climate for the LGBTQIA+ community.
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The Smith–Connally Act and Labor Battles on the Home Front
War production was crucial for an Allied victory, but what happened when labor strikes challenged the “arsenal of democracy”?