Search

The article discusses the return of three paintings that were looted by the Nazis during World War II and won in a poker game by American tank commander William S. Oftebro and other art treasures taken by American soldiers after the Allies stormed Germany in 1945. Topics addressed include the return of works to Dessau, Germany; as well as the veterans' family members' decisions to return the works.

The article reports on how former Lieutenant Colonel Edward J. Saylor survived in his mission with other military raiders to bombard Tokyo, Japan in April 1942 in retaliation to the attack by the Japanese on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii during the World War Two. Details on how the group devised the mission are discussed. Particular focus is given to the life of the former lieutenant from being a cattle ranch farmer to being involved in real estate since he retired from his military post in 1967.

The author discusses how references to World War II by advertisers in "Life" magazine during and immediately after the period show the extent to which the fact of war penetrated the nation's thinking.

The article reports on the two Tuskegee Airmen Calvin Moret and James H. Harvey III who were honored by the G.V. Sonny Montgomery Veterans Administration in Jackson, Mississippi. It states that Moret and Harvey are both decorated for their military service in the World War II. It says that the Tuskegee Airmen were the first African American military aviators in the U.S. armed forces during World War II, which include the pilots, navigators, and bombardiers.