The Chinese documentaryTwenty Two, named after the number of "comfort women" alive at the time of its filming in 2014, was one positive move toward raising public awareness about this group. Part of the documentary's box-office revenue was donated to aid the survivors. Although the number of...
Heavy casualties, on occasion, have had a weakening effect on the morale of survivors; a Japanese order points out: Too many graves with markers are not good for security or morale. Also, it is unfair to erect grave markers for some persons and not for others. Since a grave will be...
When your campaign is based on insulting the memories of actual Holocaust survivors for political gain, your campaign has run out of gas. Kamala Harris ended up where she did most of all because she had no real connection to the American people. She was a manufactured entity, full of catch...
The wreck of U-166 lies near the mouth of the Mississippi, sent there by depth charges from PC-566. This patrol boat was accompanying theRobert E. Lee, a passenger ship that was transporting the survivors of other U-boat attacks back to New Orleans. On July 30, 1942, theRobert E. L...
When your campaign is based on insulting the memories of actual Holocaust survivors for political gain, your campaign has run out of gas. Kamala Harris ended up where she did most of all because she had no real connection to the American people. She was a manufactured entity, full of catch...
There are only two survivors today -- squadron crew chief Frank Losonsky and the last surviving Flying Tiger pilot, Carl Brown. Armorer Charles Baisden passed away this February. Losonsky was both a pilot and mechanic specialist when he came to Asia in 1941 at the age of 21. He worked ...
Survivors recounted that the four chaplains gave their own life vests to others, linked their arms together, called out prayers and sang hymns as they went down with the ship. Usually, the story of unfathomable courage and sacrifice ends there.? But there is a very important next chapter to...
The Chinese documentary Twenty Two, named after the number of "comfort women" alive at the time of its filming in 2014, was one positive move toward raising public awareness about this group. Part of the documentary's box-office revenue was donated to aid the survivors. ...
with director Jihyun Yoon calling it an "important decision" and noting in a statement that it was "the first time a South Korean court has acknowledged the responsibility of the Japanese Government for Japanese military sexual slavery and opened up a path to restore justice for the survivors....
Gilbert, Haidee Eugenio. “New Monuments to be Built, Time Capsule to be Placed in Honor of World War II Survivors.”Pacific Daily News, 19 February 2019. https://www.guampdn.com/news/local/new-monuments-to-be-built-time-capsule-to-be-placed-in-honor-of-world-war/article_7b63c357-ece...