Deadly outbreaks have plagued societies for centuries. But they can lead to medical breakthroughs—if we learn the right lessons from them.
saying we needed help. A relative living on the Lower East Side was luckily going to the dentist that morning. She showed the dentist that letter, who said, "I do this work. I help Jews that want to come over." And that's how it started. ...
Film Tells How U.S. Pilots Helped Israel; Spielberg Chronicles WWII Veterans Who Lent a HandSjostrom, Jan
Add in the chairman’s love of history, the sea swell of active-duty soldiers and line of WWII veterans in wheelchairs who embody the last living memory of the fighting, it’s a bit of a miracle Milley is not still there deep among the troops and veterans, coining every one of them....
The Japanese American community remained divided among three perspectives regarding seeking redress. The first wanted to let the issue go. They recognized that Japanese Americans had come a long way since WWII and were no longer viewed as the enemy of the nation. Many had established stable lives...
When it came time to fly the airplane, we gathered as many former Mosquito aircrew veterans as we could to see it take to the air for the first time. The Mosquito’s cockpit is cramped, with two fliers sitting side-by-side. I sat in the observer’s seat next to the pilot, and we...
The reason the Air Force, Army, Navy and Marines bicker among themselves is that they don’t speak the same language. For instance, Take the simple phrase “secure the building”. The Army will post guards around the place. The Navy will turn out the lights and lock the doors. The Mari...
Living in a veterans’ retirement home in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles, the 94-year-old has his own boxes of memorabilia, which his daughter Tracey helps him to sort through. Both veterans and their families want to share with the world their collective memories—of the dedication...
WWII US Army Serial Numbers: Meaning in the First Digits The U.S. Army began issuing serial numbers to help avoid mixing the records of people with the same name. (A genealogist’s dream come true!) When we dig a little deeper into the number itself, we can learn a bit about the pe...