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Monthly Archives: June 2009

More WWII Poster Art, #4 (paratroopers)

So I’ve made three previous posts on the posters of World War II, and the samples I’ve chosen have come from a wide range: conservation, keeping quiet, respect the sacrifice, etc.  For this post, I wanted to focus on the paratrooper. Careless Talk Got There First is a favorite of my comp classes when we […]

SGT. Rock (Issue #4 of 6)

Okay, so we are moving along with the story arc, progressing to the point of greatest tension. In my lit classes, we’re calling this the _rising action_. Three things caught my attention in this issue: 1) the P-47s. All I can say is…NICE! I really didn’t expect to see the narrative shift to the air, […]

World War II Memorial and the American History Museum on June 6, 2009 – What a Day!

So I found myself in DC on the anniversary of the Normandy invasion, which was a little surprising for me.  Normally, I try to avoid any visit to the city where there might be MORE people than a run-of-the-mill  weekend day. But what the hell, right?  Relatives are in town and DC is on the […]

SGT. Rock (Issue #3 of 6)

I just finished up the third issue of the new SGT. Rock mini-series (pub in March 09). Okay, it finally got better. Check my previous reviews of issues here and here.  We’re finally getting the sense that Rock is the leader, and comic book fans will likely dig the haunted tank angle, which “was originally […]

Air Force (1943)

During the Memorial day weekend here in the US, TMC broadcast three days worth of WW2 movies. There were a few I’d read about in other places but never had seen, among them Air Force (1943). The movie begins with a B-17 crew flying its plane (the Mary Jane) to Hawaii on Dec 6, 1941. […]