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Monuments Men
Interview With One of the Last Surviving Monuments Men

  By Virginia Choi • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Harry Ettlinger, one of the last surviving members of the Monuments Men, talks about his service recovering the stolen art by Nazis during World War II. Continue reading

Tagged   1940s, Art, Monuments Men, Politics and History, U.S. Veteran, World War II
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Monuments Men
Monuments Man: ‘WWII Was…the Greatest Theft in History…I Witnessed This Firsthand’

  By Virginia Choi • February 7, 2014 Uncategorized
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Harry Ettlinger, one of the last surviving members of the Monuments Men, talks about his World War II service in Germany where he spent 10 months in salt mines helping to secure stolen art by the Nazis. Continue reading

Tagged   1940s, Art, Monuments Men, Politics and History, U.S. Veteran, World War II
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Frank Sinatra
Frank Sinatra, Jr. Reminisces About His Famous Father

  By Morgan Birck • February 4, 2014 Uncategorized
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Bill Newcott interviews Frank Sinatra, Jr. for My Generation inside the Capitol Records building in Los Angeles where Frank Sinatra recorded much of his music. Continue reading

Tagged   1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, Arts and Culture, Frank Sinatra, Frank Sinatra Jr.
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Bing Crosby
Friend of Bing Crosby, Bob Hope: ‘Bing Did What He Wanted to Do’

  By Virginia Choi • December 24, 2013 Uncategorized
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Actor and comedian Bob Hope talks about his close friendship with Bing Crosby and how he was a bit of a loner but a great friend. Continue reading

Tagged   1940s, Artist, Arts and Culture, Bing Crosby, Joe Franklin
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Bing Crosby
‘White Christmas’ Co-star Talks About Working with Bing Crosby

  By Virginia Choi • December 24, 2013 Uncategorized
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Singer and actress Rosemary Clooney, who co-starred with Bing Crosby in the 1954 film, White Christmas, talks about working with Crosby and reflects on his sense of humor and talent. Continue reading

Tagged   1940s, Artist, Arts and Culture, Bing Crosby
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World War II
Irvin Swanson on the 1941 Lone Vote in Congress Against a War with Japan

  By Virginia Choi • December 11, 2013 Uncategorized
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Irving Swanson, a reading clerk in the House of Representatives during 1941, talks about his first-person account of Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin of Montana's vote against the U.S. declaration of war against Japan on December 9, 1941. Continue reading

Tagged   1940s, Legislation, Military, Politics and History, World War II
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Herb Weatherwax Recalls the Attack At Pearl Harbor

  By Witnify • December 6, 2013 Uncategorized
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Herb Weatherwax, born in Honolulu on June 3rd 1917, discusses his first person account on the events at Pearl Harbor in 1941. Continue reading

Tagged   1940s, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Political Scandals, U.S. Veteran
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Attack on Pearl Harbor
Jim Gates Recalls the Death of a Man At Pearl Harbor

  By Witnify • December 6, 2013 Uncategorized
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Pearl Harbor survivor, Jim Gates, recalls a specific experience from the day Pearl Harbor was attacked by the Japanese. Continue reading

Tagged   1940s, Attack on Pearl Harbor, Politics and History, U.S. Veteran
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