All posts tagged "Pearl Harbor"
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2.3KNew HampshireDartmouth Starts a Campus Navy in World War II
Eighteen-year-old George Berkowitz, wearing his brand-new Marine uniform, lined up in military order with his Dartmouth College classmates and awaited his orders....
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9.3K3bostonThe Kid in Upper 4 Changes Hearts and Minds During World War II
The Kid in Upper 4 had a profound impact on travelers inconvenienced by the crowded, unreliable trains that carried passengers during World...
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13.1K7MassachusettsThe Boston Herald Rumor Clinic of World War II
When malignant rumors threatened to undermine civilian morale during World War II, the Boston Herald Rumor Clinic tried to put them to...
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40.3K17New HampshireThe Sensational Surrender of Four Nazi U-boats at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
On May 15, 1945, onlookers tried to glimpse the first of four Nazi U-boats towed up the Piscataqua River to surrender at...
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8.2K4Politics and MilitaryAllan McCann is Called to the Bridge at Pearl Harbor. What He Sees Turns His Stomach.
Commander Allan R. McCann was in pajamas at 7:48 on the morning of December 7, 1941. He was a long way from...
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