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Tag: World War II

  • Songs and Music of World War II

    Jean Oostens Songs of the Phony War1 Most historians place the beginning of World War II (WWII) at the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. For the other nations soon to be involved, France and Great Britain (who would become the Allied), a pause of several months followed their Declaration of War on…

  • My View of the Next “Greatest Generation”

    (as seen on November 12, 2008) Judith Collins McCormick As a forty-two-year old female professor of literature, I find that my perspective on war has usually “[mixed] memory with desire,” as T.S. Eliot famously said. The memory part has come from the stories of others – my father, too young for World War II and…

  • From the Editor

    In a sweltering gymnasium, Dr. E. Bruce Heilman (Campbellsville College, Class of 1949) delivered one of the most inspiring addresses on campus within the past two years. A veteran of World War II, who has experienced many of life’s challenges, he kept graduates, parents, family members, faculty, and staff with an energetic, humorous, and interesting…