Christmas 1943, a badly shot up B-17 struggled to stay in the air, it was the first mission for the 21-year-old pilot, half ...

On Christmas Eve in 1943, the USS North Carolina sat anchored off a tiny volcanic island in the South Pacific, where crewmen tried to make merry in shoebox bunks stacked four high, half a globe away ...

The Hilton Park Christmas tree, 75 feet tall and normally lit with 2,500 lights, was darkened Rationing was commonplace, reducing use of "luxuries" such as gas, soap, and makeup Store sold bestsellers ...

On the run-up to Christmas in 1944, the Tribune published a recipe for fruit-candy gifts, above which was a list that, at this distance, seems encrypted. “Sugar stamps 30 through 34 [book 4], 5 lbs ...

When a wrapped bundle of vintage World War II Christmas cards turned up anonymously on archivist Robert Hitchings’ doorstep, Hitchings knew he’d have to share them with Wallace Room patrons at the ...

Editor's note: This story originally published in December 2024. Fourteen flyboys, young men in their 20s and late teens — some married, others just out of high school — along with their hopes and ...

Crew aboard USS North Carolina staged a boisterous Christmas Eve 'smoker' in 1943. Chaplain Wuebbens raised funds and arranged Macy’s gifts and filmed messages. Sailors shared moments of home, then ...