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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/2/2020
  

  We Are Still Living the Legacy of World War II

  by Tom Hanks

  The actor Tom Hanks reflects on the false narrative of closure of World War II. The forces unleashed by war and the struggle to reshape the world resonate today. 

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  7/15/2020
  

  Victory Gardens Were More About Solidarity Than Survival

  “Americans like to portray that they worked hard and would have starved had they not gardened,” said Allan M. Winkler, a distinguished professor emeritus of history at Miami University of Ohio. “Victory gardens were a symbol of abundance and doing it yourself, but that was more symbolism than reality.”

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• SOURCE: Reel Chicago
  5/25/2020
  

  A City At War: Chicago During WW II

  The documentary, narrated by legendary journalist Bill Kurtis, is a comprehensive telling of nearly everything that happened in Chicagoland during World War II. 

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• 5/8/2020
  

  How Americans Experienced V-E Day, at Home and in Service

  by Fred Zilian

  The anniversary of V-E Day in 1945 is an occasion to place ourselves in the everyday lives of Americans at home and on the front lines.

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• 5/6/2020
  

  The Heroism of an Ordinary American Woman on the World War II Homefront

  by Jim DeFelice

  We should definitely celebrate people like Henry Langrehr, the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne, and the other troops who fought with them. But we should also spend a moment thanking people like his wife, who made their triumph possible.