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Category Archives: World War II
Mary Hayden Burgess: “Doughnut Dolly” of the American Red Cross
March is Red Cross month, proclaimed by its honorary chairman, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in March 1943. The American Red Cross has been supporting the troops since the 1890s. Its operations, since the attack on Pearl Harbor, expanded in more … Continue reading
Posted in Uncategorized, women's history, World War II
Tagged American Red Cross, American Red Cross Clubmobile Service, Dinah Shore, Doughnut Dolly, Entertainment for Service Members, Mary Hayden Burgess, military history, Rainbow Corner, Red Cross Month, Troop Support, USO Tour, World War II
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International Holocaust Remembrance Day
January 27th marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which coincides with the date that the Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp was liberated by Soviet troops in 1945. In that vein, we will delve into two World War II era collections at the American … Continue reading
Posted in Holocaust Days of Remembrance, military history, Political history, Post World War II, Uncategorized, World War II
Tagged Grace Robinson, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, International Military Tribunal, Legal Justice, Murray C. Bernays, Nazi Germany, Nuremberg War Crime Trials, Nuremberg War Crimes Trials, War Criminals, World War II
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Pearl Harbor’s Role in Popularizing Surfing
We all have our hobbies, ranging from knitting to metalworking, reading the classics, or computer programming, and many, many more. However, we do not always know the origins of our hobbies. Granted, the majority probably emerged in mundane circumstances, but … Continue reading
Heart Mountain through Pencil and Paper
It was 1942; Japan had just bombed Pearl Harbor, and the American people were worried about Japanese spies on American soil. Amid the tension of WWII following the bombing, the U.S. government believed that the best course of action to … Continue reading
Posted in American history, Asian American history, Heart Mountain, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Japanese internment, Uncategorized, Under-documented communities, World War II, Wyoming history
Tagged Arthur Ishigo, Estelle Ishigo, Heart Mountain, Heart Mountain Interpretative Center, Heart Mountain Relocation Camp, Heart Mountain Relocation Center, Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation, Internment Camp Life, Japanese American Experience, Japanese American Internment, World War II, Wyoming history
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Celebrating UW Veterans
Being a land-grant university, the University of Wyoming is no stranger to military service. Currently home to the Army ROTC Cowboy Battalion and the Air Force ROTC 940th Cadet Wing, military service at UW stretches back to the university’s early … Continue reading
Posted in University of Wyoming, University of Wyoming history, World War I, World War II, Wyoming history
Tagged Air Force ROTC 940th Cadet Wing, Army ROTC Cowboy Battalion, military history, military veterans, Student Involvement, University of Wyoming, Veterans Day, World War I, World War I & II, World War II
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From Manhattan Project Scientist To Anti-Nuclear Crusader
Dr. Harrison Brown found ways to separate plutonium to devise the world’s first atomic weapons and then spent the rest of his life urging the abolition of those same deadly devices. He was born in Sheridan, Wyoming, on September 26, … Continue reading
Admiral Frank Jack Fletcher Leads at World War II’s Battle of Midway
The Battle of Midway occurred June 3 to June 7, 1942 – six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor. One of Japan’s main goals during World War II was to remove the United States as a Pacific Power in … Continue reading
Spotlighting Communism & Hollywood in the papers of Sesame Street’s Mr. Hooper
One of the most recognizable figures of the first thirteen years (1969-1982) of PBS’s Sesame Street was Mr. Hooper the grocer, played by veteran actor Will Lee. He was one of the four original human characters on the show. Before … Continue reading
Posted in Blacklisting, Cold War, Communism, Hollywood history, Motion picture actors and actresses, motion picture history, Political history, Politics, popular culture, Social justice, television history, Uncategorized, World War II
Tagged Activism, Actor's Laboratory Theatre, Blacklisted Actors, Federal Theatre Project, Hollywood Blacklist, House Un-American Activities Committee, McCarthyism, Mr. Hooper, popular culture, Red Scare, Sesame Street, Will Lee
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George Teeple Eggleston and the America First Movement
Before the United States entered World War II, there was a popular movement to keep the U.S. out of the fray. The controversial America First Committee (AFC), founded in September 1940, was the foremost U.S. non-intervention pressure group against American … Continue reading →