In thinking back to World War II and the people who suffered through those years many civilians deserve remembrance as well as those who wore uniforms. The Home Front presented the kinds of challenges that America hasn't seen again......
Dale Pedrick
Nellie's Story
Like my Uncle Bruce, my Aunt Nellie went to war early. Most Americans answered their country's call to arms and volunteered their service before the Draft Act was passed, but Bruce and Nellie, even earlier. Nellie Mitchell was a...
Brother and Sister Serving In Europe
During World War II, the headline above greeted readers all over the United States. By 1943 until the end of war in 1945, families everywhere gave of their best, their sons and daughters, and bombarded Heaven with petitions for...
Portrait of War
Former Army Lieutenant Clyde Nettles recounts his experiences at war in Austria and meets some unlikely characters along the way including an old German countess and a painter fleeing the Germans after he was forced to paint portraits of their...
Why I Love History
History is one of the best entertainers I know. This is said from a comfortable age of retirement when watching old movies might easily be an alternative. But the past has always been a chief interest of mine, whether in...
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