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War Stories
Saving and sharing the memories of our past before they're lost and gone forever


Jun 30, 20202 min read
A World War II Monument Not to Miss
Leroy Barnard, James E. Clark, Wilbur Daniels – this is just a few of the names engraved on the World War II monument in Savannah, GA. If...
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Apr 28, 20203 min read
Revisiting Saving Private Ryan – The True Story Behind the Movie
With the 76th Anniversary of D-Day quickly approaching and with having more free time at home, my husband and I recently re-watched the...
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Feb 27, 20201 min read
Old WWII Photographs Keep Our Family Histories Alive
As we lose more and more family members and loved ones who lived and served through World War II, old family photographs and letters...
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Jan 27, 20201 min read
Surviving Auschwitz Podcast
I just discovered this wonderful podcast from the History Channel called History This Week. This is the first episode I listened to, and...
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Dec 18, 20192 min read
The USO Brings Christmas Joy
Everyone wants to feel joy at Christmas, but imagine being in war and thousands of miles away from family and friends without the...
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Nov 1, 20193 min read
Thankful in 1943 and Today
Thanksgiving Day during World War II was not the same for most American families. They were separated from loved ones fighting in the...
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Aug 28, 20192 min read
A Footprint of Retail and World History
While exploring Savannah, GA with my boys this summer, we made an interesting discovery! On Broughton Street, right next to their...
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Mar 11, 20192 min read
There is no Jewish Question in Denmark!
Another Fifth-Grade History Lesson on How Thousands of Jews were Saved during the Holocaust. While I have spent hours and hours...
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Nov 5, 20181 min read
A Fifth-Grade History Lesson
I was recently helping my fifth-grade son study for a history test and was impressed with what he was learning. Did you know that the...
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Oct 19, 20181 min read
Walt Disney, Donald Duck, & Hitler?
We recently went to Walt Disney World for part of our family vacation, and it reminded me of my favorite World War II film. Odd, hugh? My...
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Aug 24, 20181 min read
A Good Mouthful of a Movie
It’s a mouthful to say and type – The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, but it’s the title of the best movie I’ve seen all...
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Aug 8, 20182 min read
Huntsville's Soldiers of Production
Before World War II, Huntsville, AL was a quaint, mostly farming town. All of that changed in 1941. The U.S. government decided to make...
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Apr 24, 20181 min read
A Piece of World War II History in Georgia
This past Saturday I finally got to visit a true piece of War World II history right in Georgia! In the city of Warm Springs, sits...
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Mar 20, 20181 min read
Who’s George Marshall and What was his Plan?
While World War II helped pull the United States out of the Great Depression, it devastated many European countries. Did you know that...
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Dec 19, 20171 min read
Penny Toys to Toy Instruments – Christmas Toys of the 1940s!
What’s on your Christmas list this year? Song of Return spans from September 1946 to May 1948, and Christmas was as merry in those years...
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Jun 20, 20162 min read
Let’s All Grow a Victory Garden!
Have you eaten any home grown vegetables lately? I must admit that I haven’t. After trying to grow my own tomatoes two summers in a row,...
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Apr 15, 20161 min read
The Forgotten Heroes of the Home Front
The United States would not have won World War II without the millions of soldiers, nurses, and factory defense workers who served during...
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Nov 13, 20151 min read
The Numbers Tell it All
More men and women served in World War II than in any other war in American history, and the numbers speak of the huge sacrifice they...
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Apr 27, 20151 min read
A Snapshot of History
Remember this famous World War II photograph? It was taken in New York on V-J (Victory over Japan) Day, August 14, 1945, and was the...
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Mar 30, 20152 min read
A Yankee Army Invades Ft. McClellan and the Hearts of Anniston
Before Songbird began in May 1943 and Edwin, Barry, and Sydney ever saw Ft. McClellan, the real-life 27th Division from New York made the...
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