Of the 16 million men and women who served in the American armed forces during World War II, less than 1% are still alive today. Dozens of the estimated 66,000 survivors die every day. John Raaen ...

Army Vet shares what it was like living through World War II, Great Depression. Oro ... He grew up during a period when the country was in the midst of war and the Great Depression.

The Great Depression . The onset of the Great Depression undermined any attempts at creating a more open, cooperative, and peaceful post-war world. The American stock market crash of 1929 caused a ...

A World War II vet who says he’s lived a "charmed life" despite surviving the Great Depression, the Dust Bowl and a global war, turned 100 on May 13 and continues to give back to his community ...

Germany tried twice in the 20th century to conquer Europe and very nearly achieved that goal in World War II. In fact, not since Napoleon did any one country control so much of the continent. Here ...

Stanley has lived through the Spanish Flu, the Great Depression, World War II, the COVID-19 pandemic, and everything in between. His long life filled with all these experiences is part of the ...

With World War II on the ... chronicles the devastating effect that World War II and its surrounding decades had on zoos—including the Great Depression, the Spanish Civil War and the dawn of ...

The Great Depression was the worst economic period in US history. Starting in 1929, when the stock market crashed, it lasted until 1939 when the US began mobilizing for World War II.

This made him consider the wide range of artists, styles and themes that defined modern American art in the period around the World’s Fair, starting in 1928, before the Great Depression, and ...

Several factors led to the Great Depression, one of the most severe economic crises in U.S. history. ... adding that strained international relations were contributing factors to World War II.

As I reflect upon the “Greatest Generation,” my parents’ generation, my respect and admiration for them has never been deeper. Growing up during the Great Depression, they were uncertain ...