Edward R. Murrow
(2004) Edward R. Murrow and the Birth of Broadcast Journalism by Bob Edwards is not only the story of Murrow's life but a testament to his profound effect on broadcasting....
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Mar
02
Mar
Women in WWII
This week I attended an excellent program called "Beyond Rosie: Women in World War II", a traveling exhibit at the Kennesaw University Museum of History and Holocaust Education. ...
01
Mar
The Tuskegee Airmen
Favorite (1995) The true story of how the first African American pilots in the U. S. Army Air Corps were trained and sent into combat....
29
Feb
The Savoy during WWII
Over and over again I have heard about (in WWII movies) and read about (in WWII books) that the Savoy is London's most famous hotel....
28
Feb
The Thin Red Line
Favorite (1998) A group of soldiers belonging to the Army Rifle Company called C-for-Charlie land on Guadalcanal to relieve Marine units and to push out the Japanese....
26
Feb
The Hasty Heart
(1950) Just as World War II has ended a wounded Scottish soldier is angry that he cannot go home but must stay in a Burma Red Cross hospital....
26
Feb
The House on Telegraph Hill
(1951) When the war is over a concentration camp survivor assumes the identity of her best friend who has just died there. ...
25
Feb
Mr. Roberts
(1955) Mr. Roberts, the executive officer of a Navy cargo chief, the USS Reluctant, clashes with the ship's dictator of a captain. ...
20
Feb
The Four Days of Naples
(1962) This Italian movie is the story of the 1943 four-day uprising when the people of Naples rebel and force the Germans out of their city....
18
Feb
Sergeant York
Favorite (1941) As World War I breaks out a young man from the mountains of Tennessee objects for religious reasons when he is drafted into the Army....