“For decades afterwards, I punished myself with images of Sofia standing naked in the snow, shivering, clutching a chunk of cement that… — Helen Maryles Shankman Copy Share Image
“Mildred Elizabeth Sisk later named Mildred Elizabeth Gillars was born in Portland, Maine on November 29, 1900. In 1929, Gillars left the… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
"Red Dawn" was a movie made in 1984 I think about World War III. If you have not seen it and plan… — Rachel Maddow Copy Share Image
We were made to believe / our faces betrayed us. / Our bodies were loud / with yellow / screaming flesh /… — Janice Mirikitani Copy Share Image
“Having been born in 1939 and come to consciousness during World War II, I knew that established orders could vanish overnight. Change… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
My work as a naval officer in World War II enabled me to serve on 49 different South Pacific islands so that… — James A. Michener Copy Share Image
My father earned his citizenship by serving in the Army during World War II. He devoted his life to caring for our… — Tom Perez Copy Share Image
My father was an officer in the Army, and my grandfather served in World War II, and I am so proud of… — Kristian Bush Copy Share Image
“There are only a few people who are able to change the map of the world” — Atef Ashab Uddin Sahil Copy Share Image
I was born on a tiny cot in southwestern Massachusetts during World War II. A sickly child, I turned to photography to… — William Wegman Copy Share Image
“To smooth over Castro’s ruffled feathers; Khrushchev eventually wrote him a personal letter explaining his reasons for reaching an agreement with the… — Captain Hank Bracker, "Suppresed I Rise Copy Share Image
I actually love history. I've devoured book after book of stories from World War I and World War II. They're really two… — Celine Buckens Copy Share Image
“A t the end of World War II, the Nuremberg war tribunal sentenced the Waffen SS, possibly the finest fighting force the… — Hillblad (ed.), Thorolf Copy Share Image
After Emancipation, black women married earlier and more often because they were legally free to do so for the first time, and… — Rebecca Traister Copy Share Image
If France is to be judged, judge her not by the effects of her defeat but by her readiness to sacrifice herself. — Antoine de Saint-Exupery Copy Share Image
“We live in hope that the good we do here on earth will be rewarded in heaven. We also hope to win… — Connie Willis Copy Share Image
We've suffered a war, and one thing we know: Whenever our nation's faced war, whether it was in the 1980s when we… — Ken Mehlman Copy Share Image
“The Greatest Generation gets too much credit. Those World War II guys, if they had all the shit we have today, they'd… — Louis C.K Copy Share Image
The attitude of the American public toward the external projection of American power has been much more ambivalent. The public supported America's… — Zbigniew Brzezinski Copy Share Image
“we are repeatedly told that the veterans of the Second World War did not face such problems. They had fought “the good… — Carol Schultz Vento Copy Share Image
When it comes to his sons, it would be easy to think that the macho Duke of Edinburgh has most in common… — Ingrid Seward Copy Share Image
Today we are crushed by the sheer weight of the mechanized forces hurled against us, but we can still look to the… — Charles de Gaulle Copy Share Image
I actually thought that the idea of doing a World War II movie in the guise of a spaghetti western would just… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
To those who charge that liberalism has been tried and found wanting, I answer that the failure is not in the idea,… — George McGovern Copy Share Image
World War I broke out largely because of an arms race, and World War II because of the lack of an arms… — Herman Kahn Copy Share Image
