1942

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• Bing Crosby – White Christmas

  
  chocobaby.luv.ph — Authority: 158
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• Commonwealth War Graves St Clement’s Church Skegness

  
  Official Skegness History Website — Authority: 419
  NameRankServiceRegimentDate Of DeathAgeGrave/Memorial Ref. ABLITT , W Private2156Suffolk Regiment24/04/1916UnknownGrave ALSOP, SAMUEL HAYWOOD, S H Sergeant ( Pilot )1006349Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve12/10/194119Plot 35. Grave 16. ...
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• Stalingrad: The Battle that Turned WWII. And Women in the Red Army

  
  Studying Wars: Mindset, Place and Manner. World War I, World War II, Before, After. — Authority: 92
   Stalingrad.  And the Distaff Side At Work. An Angle You Might Have Missed. Most of us in the West are enamored of the Western Front.  All noisy on the western front. All the PR, the  correspondents,  photographs, narrators speaking our own languages (European), multiple branches of everybodys military, ...
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• Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection

  
  GConsole.info — Authority: 136
  Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection Real war action and strategy / Combat Enemies / Pick sides and see how you might have changed history / ESRB T = Teen Related products Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection Wii Ultimate Action Pack UBI SOFT Splinter Cell: Chaos ...
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• French Fleet Burned Badly by Torch

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 123
  As General Mark Clark was preparing to depart from his secret rendevous in North Africa , Vichy commander General Charles Mast quietly said to him, “The French navy is not with us.  The army and the air force are.”   So in the early morning hours of November 8, 1942, as Allied forces made ready to disembark ...
  6 days ago

• For Conservative Movie Lovers: John Ford, John Wayne, and ‘They Were Expendable’ Part 4

  
  Big Hollywood — Authority: 806
  [There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] “Close-ups, affectionate or noble, are held at leisure; long shots are sustained long after their narrative role has been performed. A marginal figure is suddenly dwelt on, lovingly enlarged to fill the center of the ...
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• British Begin Westward Push in North Africa

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 123
  The last two months had been particularly unkind to the Afrika Korps.  Field Marshal Erwin Rommel’s gamble at Alma el Halfa had not paid off, and early advances merely gave way to a retreat that, ten days later, found them back where they started…with a smaller force.  And that was the good news.  Two weeks ...
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• Citizen Kane (1941)

  
  Picturenose — Authority: 117
  Kane scrutiny: Still able?An attempt to stand on the shoulders of giants – a look at Orson Welles’s Citizen Kane (1941), which is enjoying a return to UK cinemas.Here there be tigers –... To read more, follow the link on this page to www.picturenose.com
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• Political reporters miss the biggest story from Tuesday night

  
  PR junkie — Authority: 466
  This post is mostly about politics, and the medias failure to adequately cover Tuesdays elections. For those who reach the end of the post and want to write this comment, "Wheres the PR angle, jerk," please recall this disclaimer. UPDATE: Well, The Washington Post and The New York Times must read PR ...
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• Political reporters miss the biggest story from Tuesday night

  
  PR junkie — Authority: 466
  This post is mostly about politics, and the medias failure to adequately cover Tuesdays elections. For those who reach the end of the post and want to write this comment, "Wheres the PR angle, jerk," please recall this disclaimer. Last month, Timothy Noah wrote a piece for Slate.com that referred to political ...
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• Battlefield 1942 (PC) $4.99

  
  GamerHotline — Authority: 593
  Battlefield 1942 In Battlefield 1942, you’re a WWII soldier on a true-to-life battlefield, equipped with weapons that look and Sound authentic, able to storm the beaches on foot or seamlessly jump into and out of any of 35 vehicles of war. The depth is incredible. While on foot, you play as one of five ...
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• 1942: Duncan Scott-Ford, because loose lips sink ships

  
  ExecutedToday.com — Authority: 426
  On this date in 1942, British merchant sailor Duncan Scott-Ford was hanged at London’s Wandsworth Prison for giving German agents sensitive information about ship movements. This, of course, was just the sort of thing everyone was trying to discourage. … and a version to keep young soldiers on ...
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• JObit: Capurso, George J. [MC1942 RIP]

  
  Jasper Jottings ---------------------------------------- The achievement journal of my fellow alums — Authority: 141
  http://obits.masslive.com/obituaries/masslive/obituary.aspx?page=lifestory&pid=135232955 George J. Capurso 1920-2009 SPRINGFIELD – George J. Capurso, 89 of Springfield, passed away on Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Baystate Medical Center surrounded by his loving family. He was born in Worcester, MA on July ...
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• CHARLES PETERSON’S GENEROUS ART, 1942

  
  Jazz Lives — Authority: 134
  The photographs Charles Peterson took offer magic windows into places and emotions we would otherwise never experience.  Here’s what he captured on a truly magical afternoon in 1942, shared with us through the generosity of his son, Don. It’s a jam session – hardly unusual for Peterson — but this is no ...
  2 weeks ago

• British Capture Shark in the Mediterranean

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 123
  We rarely visit the movie theater.  Occasionally, we’ll go and watch a movie, but even “occasionally” is too strong a word.  The last time I occupied a theater seat was in December of 2006, when I took my wife to a show as part of a Christmas present.  I don’t remember when I went before that, but I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection

  
  GConsole.info — Authority: 136
  Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection Real war action and strategy / Combat Enemies / Pick sides and see how you might have changed history / ESRB T = Teen Related products Battlefield 1942: The Complete Collection Wii Ultimate Action Pack UBI SOFT Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory Collector’s Edition ( PlayStation ...
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• ON THIS DAY IN MOVIES (HALLOWEEN EDITION): I MARRIED A WITCH

  
  Hollywood Outbreak — Authority: 578
  On this day in 1942, UNITED ARTISTS released I MARRIED A WITCH. Directed by the great RENE CLAIR from a story by THORNE SMITH (TOPPER), this one told the story of a 17th Century witch brought back to life to make trouble for a local politician. A sophisticated, witty romantic comedy made even better by a cast that ...
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• Bob Ross: 30 Minutes of Awesome

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 123
  It’s a special day at Today’s History Lesson .  I’m just brimming with stuff to talk about, though I have but one subject. For those of you that grew up watching Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood , you know how relaxing…and calming…and soothing…and gentle that program was.  Rambunctious children like ...
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• Newark, NJ Bomber Crash, Feb 1942

  
  GenDisasters ... Genealogy in Tragedy, Disasters, Fires, Floods - Events That Touched Our Ancestors' Lives — Authority: 143
  TWO ARMY OFFICERS ARE KILLED DURING ATTEMPTED LANDING. ARMY IDENTIFIES MEN; BOARD OF OFFICERS IS TO INVESTIGATE ACCIDENT.  read more »
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• Japan Wins Big and Loses Bigger at Santa Cruz

  
  Today's History Lesson — Authority: 123
  For the Imperial Japanese Navy, the Battle of Santa Cruz was one of those battles that was looked back on with downcast eyes, heavy sighs, and lots of phrases that began with “If only we…” and “It almost…” and “We just about…” .  Fought to the northest of the Santa Cruz Islands (several ...
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