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That Darn Orangutan is Now a Lieutenant Colonel

Visiting the orangutan exhibit at Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo this past summer I was reminded of a war story my Father used to tell us when we were young. My Father served in the Army in the South Pacific...

5 comments    relationships world war ii
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H1N1 flu virus - Will colloidal silver kill it?

Realities check.... we don't know for sure that this virus will mutate and be resistant to the drugs our governments have invested so heavily in... It may just go away, or be no worse than a 'normal' flu...

4 comments    health politics barack obama
Japanese US citizens and Japanese-Americans traveling to an internment camp. Camps were located in Washington state, Idaho, Colorado, Texas, and other western states....The concept of "The Other" - portrayed as a Twilight Zone alien in the Cold War e84

Japanese and American Media in Propaganda

Our Hub Series answers a request from the Hubber Prince Maak about the history of America and the New World, up through current events in the 21st century. The portal begins at this link: What Is the History...

5 comments    education us history
Earl Haig74

World War Three is already lost

The great mistakes are all around and sometimes are hard to spot, but ‘se la vie’ – such is life. The great mistakes are our twin commitments to never learn from the past and always being ready to...

0 comments    europe islam muslim
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The Most Famous Shipwrecks in American History

While the United States remains a relatively young country compared to many others in the world, we have our fair share of history. One of the more interesting aspects of history is mysteries and solving...

3 comments    america gold new york
Winston Churchill's famous "V for Victory!" gesture.87

Operation Sealion - how Britain prepared for the Nazi invasion in 1940

As Winston Churchill, the new Prime Minister, put it, “the Battle of France is over, the Battle of Britain is about to begin"

32 comments    history england world war ii
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"Call It Treason"

by George Howe A Book Review This story is an amazing exploration into the definition of treason. If the leaders of your country have betrayed you, your countrymen and your country, is it treason if you...

23 comments    politics hitler world war two
Exotic Places82

Ten Most Exotic Places of the World

GOD has created this world so beautifully. But what we do to it? We sometimes even do not bother to explore it, there are more then 80% people in the world that have never ever seen even 5% of this beautiful...

1 comment    travel world war ii tourist
This is mum and dad on their wedding day in August 1940. This is the only photographic record of this event.76

Working Class Life in the 1940’s

Working Class life in the 1940’s was a time of great change mostly brought about by the fact that war had been declared on September 3rd 1939. The way most people got this news in September 1939 was via the...

22 comments    family relationships children
Artillery turret at Ft Vaux on the Verdun World War I Battlefield in France. 81

Oxford University World War I Poetry Digital Archive - A Site Worth Visiting

November 14, 2009 Horrible as it was, World War I inspired a generation of writers and poets. While they probably would have ultimately been drafted into the war as a result of Great Britain eventually...

2 comments    education poetry history
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