In November 1940, a letter from a telephone operator in London found its way into the pages of the Shamokin News-Dispatch. Alice Watts described incendiary bombs lighting every garden in her neighborhood on fire, whole streets reduced to rubble - and sleeping in her top-floor bed anyway, because a bomb either had your name on it or it didn't. Read the story from the London Blitz.
John Adams crosses the Atlantic to plead America’s case before Europe, while Abigail Adams fights a quieter battle at home in Massachusetts. Episodes three and four of HBO’s John Adams reveal the exhausting diplomacy, family strain, and stubborn determination behind the Revolutionary cause. Listen to this episode of the Public History podcast.
Meet Corporal Albert Scherzinger, a Pottsville native who helped arm B-17 Flying Fortresses with 500-pound bombs in England. Read the full story.
Marvin Hoke flew three dozen missions over Germany in the later stages of World War II.
Hopple was serving as bombardier on a mission over Germany when his plane went missing and was presumed lost at sea.
Sergeant Orlando Vincenti was killed in a bombing raid over Munster, Germany in October 1943.
We discuss our reactions to the second episode of the Apple TV+ miniseries about the 8th Air Force in World War II.
In this video, we share our reactions to the pilot episode of Masters of the Air on Apple TV+
In this remarkable letter, Pfc. Irvin Schwartz reflects on the meaning of Memorial Day on the eve of D-Day and his first experience in combat.
A brief letter from Pfc. Irvin Schwartz to his former boss at the West Schuylkill Press-Herald in April 1944.