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Tag: World War II

‘Mollie’s War’ a women’s journey of service in World War II

‘Mollie’s War’ a women’s journey of service in World War II

— March 22, 2018

Somewhere in England. Somewhere in France. When Mollie Weinstein wrote home during World War II her letters, mostly lighthearted narratives of dating and sightseeing, usually arrived…

  • Metamora American Legion finds a home for WW II exhibit

    Metamora American Legion finds a home for WW II exhibit

    — February 28, 2018

      For everyone involved, the demolition of the American Legion Fred Herring Post 89 in Metamora was a sad situation. A portion of its past, however, has been salvaged and sheltered…

  • Love, respect for Illinois veterans as they take Honor Flight

    Love, respect for Illinois veterans as they take Honor Flight

    — September 20, 2017

    When Frank Burch returned from military service in Vietnam in 1971 he was greeted by a hug from his father and protests by anti-war activists. “I flew into Lambert Field in St. Louis,…

  • Behind Art Institute’s new Arms and Armor exhibit

    Behind Art Institute’s new Arms and Armor exhibit

    — April 3, 2017

    In a 1937 photo, the smartly dressed museum curator perches at his workbench, surrounded by metalworking tools, a knight’s helmet and medieval battle axe. Antique photo scrapbooks…

  • Pearl Harbor remains a important naval base 75 Years after attack

    Pearl Harbor remains a important naval base 75 Years after attack

    — December 7, 2016

    As the nation pauses to remember the attack on Pearl Harbor, which occurred 75 years ago on Dec. 7, 1941, the occasion has special meaning for a Peoria, Illinois native who is serving…

  • SIUE receives extensive set of World War II news scrapbooks

    SIUE receives extensive set of World War II news scrapbooks

    — December 15, 2017

    Southern Illinois University Edwardsville’s Library and Information Services (LIS) has accepted the donation of a unique, extensive set of family scrapbooks dating from the 1940s…

  • Love, respect for Illinois veterans as they take Honor Flight

    Love, respect for Illinois veterans as they take Honor Flight

    — September 18, 2017

    When Frank Burch returned from military service in Vietnam in 1971 he was greeted by a hug from his father and protests by anti-war activists. “I flew into Lambert Field in St. Louis,…

  • Chicago welcomed 30,000 Japanese internees after Pearl Harbor

    Chicago welcomed 30,000 Japanese internees after Pearl Harbor

    — December 7, 2016

    A little-known episode in Chicago history after the Dec. 7, 1941 Japanese air attack on Pearl Harbor appeared in the 2000 obituary of Leonard Japp Sr., also known as the “Potato Chip…

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