How Black paratroopers saved the US from Japan’s WWII firebombs
Sgt. Joe Harris was one of an elite group of Black paratroopers during World War II. He is being laid to rest today. He was ...
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Hiroshima peace memorial museum marks 70 years with 80 millionth visitor
The museum received renewed global attention when the Group of Seven (G7) leaders visited it during their summit in Hiroshima ...
Australian election: The Labor government’s record of war and austerity
Amid profound global shocks and dangers, it is essential for workers and youth to review their bitter political experiences ...
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A Field of Dreams Built in an Unlikely Place: A Japanese American Internment Camp
Smithsonian writer Rachel Ng, who reported on the endeavor. A transcript is below. To subscribe to “There’s More to That,” ...
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‘Secret Warriors’ sheds light on Japanese American involvement in WWII
Rick Shiomi’s new play “Secret Warriors,” now running at the History Theatre in St. Paul, explores the overlooked ...
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A powerful new exhibit at Poster House explores the world’s nuclear history and activism
Those who lived through the Cold War era will remember the horrors of the time: Wearing identification tags to school, practicing duck-and-cover drills and facing the constant threat of nuclear war.
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Tennessee's Secret City Has A Nuclear Story To Tell
To be honest, I have no clue what I’m looking at beyond the fact that it’s a key object in the World War II-era race to ...
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On Dresden and Gaza
What is the meaning of proportional response to the terrorist murderers who use their civilian population as cover?The post On Dresden and Gaza appeared first on JNS.org.
80 years after World War II, Okinawa’s battle sites are still giving up bones and bombs
An estimated 240,000 people were killed or went missing in the Battle of Okinawa during World War II. Eighty years later, the ...
Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen honors sisters, ages 101 and 103, for work at WWII bomber plant
Two sisters, who are 101 and 103 years old, were honored by Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen on Monday for their work at the World War II bomber plant where the ...
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Gov. Murphy tours Kittatinny High's Holocaust and Genocide Center: 'the darkest chapters'
The governor met with the teacher and students behind the research center, acknowledging the need to "teach the darkest chapters of our history." ...
The Grauer School’s history classes host Holocaust and Japanese American internment speakers
The 10th grade World History and 11th grade US History classes at The Grauer School, an independent school in Encinitas, ...