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Sunday Link Dump

With school starting up on AUG 24 (and loads of prep work going on…), what better way to get back in the blog game (it’s been two weeks since my last post) than a Sunday Link Dump.  So for your viewing pleasure, please enjoy these assorted WW2 stories from around the inter-webs. Time Out Magazine […]

World War II in the News

This is my first link dump, of World War II in the news. City of Mesa Seeks Owners of Unclaimed World War II Medals from EVliving.com. World War II pioneers help First Coast’s homeless veterans from Jacksonville.com. “Nuclear Archaeologists” Find World War II Plutonium from National Geographic. World War II-era mass grave found in Slovenia […]

ww2 book reviews in the Washington Post

Reading the Book World section of the Washington Post, I came across two ww2 themed reviews.  An American Hero looks like a winner, and After the Reich looks like the dog of the pairing.  Check’em both out. IKE–An American Hero By Michael Korda AFTER THE REICH–The Brutal History of the Allied Occupation By Giles MacDonogh

P-51 Crash

It’s odd where the web will take you some days. Just today I was doing some regular old emailing and noticed an ad that said “P-51 for Sale.” I logged out and typed the same tag in google and found myself on this page. “Cool,” I thought. But the real story here has to do […]

The Pacific War

Saw this over at the War Movie Blog dated June 13. I’m a little behind the scoop here, I know. But it is an info update on the long awaited follow up to the wildly popular Band of Brothers mini-series. Looks like filming is set for August and release sometime in August 2009. Bummer on […]

Some mail…61 years late

Imagine getting a knock on the door and a devliery man says he has a package for you. “Okay,” you think. But here’s the kicker. The package is a little late…60 years or so. The word is that the package was opened and it turns out that it “contained a black-and-white photo rolled tightly in […]