How fashion borrowed military aesthetics and lost the context
"What was once functional equipment tied to service, sacrifice and sometimes trauma is now treated as visual shorthand for toughness or rebellion."
By Clay Beyersdorfer
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This gunner is the only sailor buried at sea — inside his plane
Loyce Edward Deen survived the battle of Leyte Gulf only to be cut down in a mop-up effort a week later.
How America observed Christmas — at home and abroad — during WWII
Amid shortages, rationing, separation and grief, Americans fought to keep the yuletide spirit alive.
By Stanley Weintraub
The American who was held in Ireland’s WWII internment camp — twice
Guards at the Curragh had blanks in their weapons and the internees, allied and German, were allowed to visit local pubs and join fishing and golf trips.
By Richard Sisk