Staff Sgt. Carroll “Bud” Kelsh wasn’t one of the lucky ones who made it home for Christmas following the end of World War II in 1945. After spending three months recovering in French and English ...
Everywhere one looked on Dec. 25, 1944, Christmas lugged an asterisk. "Reverence and solemnity vied with happiness and gaiety as the Christmas star ushered in Erie's fourth war-time Yuletide at ...
Eighty years ago, Britain celebrated its first peacetime Christmas since 1938. It was a time of hope indeed, but a look through newspaper archives reveals a complex picture. Christmas 1945 was an ...
LITTLETON, Colo. — In a cozy living room in Littleton, a single letter transports Suzanne Atencio far away, back through time and across the ocean to Christmas Eve, 1944. "It's a piece of history," ...
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WW2 marine's journey home for 'Victory Christmas'
A centenarian has shared his precious memories of Christmas 1945. Dubbed "Victory Christmas", it was the first time Britain had celebrated a peacetime festive period after six long years of brutal war ...
When entertainer Bing Crosby stepped up to the microphone in New York’s NBC Studios on Christmas Day 1941, many of the tens of millions of people who had tuned in to the live broadcast of his “Kraft ...
A version of this column was originally published Dec. 20, 2019, in the Erie Times-News. Everywhere one looked on Dec. 25, 1944, Christmas lugged an asterisk. "Reverence and solemnity vied with ...
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