She Remembers Pearl Harbor

Category: military

  • TERMINOLOGY Liberty& Leaves

    “Cinderella Liberty” Liberty in which one must return to ship by midnight. “Liberty” Shore leave of 48 hours or less. “Furlough” Any liberty lasting over 72 hours. “French Leave” To leave a ship without permission. “AWOL” Absent without leave. Also, “a wolf on the loose” or “after women or liquor.” Source: McCutcheon, Marc. Descriptionary, Facts…

  • TIME CAPSULE: Racism

    Recruiting during the war faced a significant challenge due to racial discrimination. By late 1944, the shortage of military nurses intensified due to the extensive military engagements, straining the availability of qualified personnel. Despite a registry of over 9,000 African-American nurses in the U.S., only a small fraction were considered for military service. The Army…

  • Sex Hygiene and Venereal Disease

    Source: Sex Hygiene and Venereal Disease, War Department, 1940.

  • Lowering Draft Age to 18 Favored by 51 Per Cent, Opposed by 44 in Survey

    Source: “Lowering Draft Age to 18 Favored by 51 Per Cent, Opposed by 44 in Survey.” The Courier-Journal, 11 May 1941, p. 35. https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-courier-journal/137890910/

  • The U.S. At War: Still More Incredible

    Even after the incredible attack on Pearl Harbor nobody dreamed that the West Coast could be in danger from the Japanese coming from 5,500 miles away””any more than anyone dreamed that New York could be in danger from the Germans 3,000 miles off. Then right after sunset Monday the incredible happened again. San Francisco had…

  • THE PRESS: War Orders

    Brigadier General Alexander D. Surles, lank, hook-nosed Chief of Army’s Press Relations Section, addressed an audience of 50 Washington correspondents, called to an emergency meeting a few hours after announcement of the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The subject was censorship. Gravely General Surles came to the point. “Our relations in the past have been very…

  • The U.S. At War, CIVILIAN DEFENSE: To Meet the Improbable

    The block wardens met at 8 p.m. in the Borough Hall. It was like a town meeting. The atmosphere was serious, solemn, a little ponderous. They were practical men, met to discuss practical steps to be taken. Nobody suggested the extreme improbability of the Luftwafte bombing this little country town; all the discussion, all the…

  • THE PRESS: Censorship in Action

    To all newspapers and radio stations ”” all those who reach the eyes and ears of the American people ”” I say this: You have a most grave responsibility to the nation now and for the duration of this war. If you feel that your Government is not disclosing enough of the truth, you have…

  • The U.S. At War, Shake-Up

    The President of the U.S. last week gave the people of the U.S. satisfaction for Pearl Harbor. Long after the last blaze at Pearl Harbor had been doused, masses of smoke still billowed on cinema screens, the pictures of wreckage spread angry disaster across newspapers. There was no public cry for a scapegoat, but the…