With involvement in World War II escalating, rationing of foods such as sugar, meat, and coffee began. [Pictured: A ship is destroyed in the battle Midway in June of 1942] 1943: Eisenhower chosen to lead Allies Public Domain 1943: Eisenhower chosen to lead Allies - Army strength: 6,994,...
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This fear was clearly far from unwarranted. Two years before, a secret intelligence report noted that only the promise of ice cream and three days’ leave would suffice to induce American troops not to kill surrendering Japanese… Surrender passes and translations of the Geneva Convention were drop...
In the creation of these new memories with a new life, the children were an afterthought whom "she would visit monthly" to take them out "for dental appointments and ice cream," and she also provided them "a living allowance at the orphanage" so they "would have spending money for ...
Drawing back the covers from one patient, Alexander studied the burns on an otherwise healthy body. The sailor said he had been aboard a PT boat in the harbor when the German bombers flew over. He heard a loud boom as a nearby ship blew up, and the boat was hightailing it back to ...
They couldn't make ice cream fast enough to give us every day, but we got ice cream every other day. In the 29 days between when we were picked up and got to Manila I put on thirty pounds. RETURN TO THE USA, NOVEMBER 1945. I flew back to the states from there on a PBM gull...