Americans are reminded of the deep emotions of wartime holidays today in the ironically idyllic words of "White Christmas." The World War II anthem is so powerful it became, and remains, the most ...
Christmas 1944 was by all accounts an unsettled time, both overseas and here in Licking County. It was the previous December, of 1943, that “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” launched onto the scene, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. No home, no mother, wife or children. Just sixteen men crowded in a room in a German prison camp. The camp is about as far north ...
MAASTRICHT, Netherlands -- Thanks to Mr. van Grinsven, a Dutch Monk and an eyewitness to the Holy Mass held in the De Schark Caves Dec. 24, 1944, we can imagine what it was like for approximately 300 ...
Whether it’s an animated/musical special on TV or Radio City Music Hall’s Christmas Spectacular, the Christmas show has become a holiday tradition. Now Bethlehem has its own, “Christmas, 1944,” an ...
When Belleville resident Earl Morris woke up on Christmas in 1944, he was feeling down in the dumps. The 22-year-old was sleeping on the floor of an unheated, unfurnished room in the attic of a French ...
It was just after 8 a.m. on Christmas morning, 1944, outside the village of Echternach, Luxembourg, when a bullet from a Nazi machine gun found its way into Lt. James P. Teehan’s helmet. Teehan, who ...
On Christmas Day in 1944, Clay McIver, 30, a Texas farm boy from a town near Abilene, found himself in the uniform of the Army Air Corps in England, as one of millions of Americans then serving ...
The season is here in all its glory – a time to celebrate miracles. A baby born in a manger, the oil that burns for eight days – miraculous gifts to be cherished. For most of us, Christmas is the warm ...
Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. The battle was hell on earth. On Dec. 16, 1944, Nazi Germany launched an enormous ...
"Listen up fellas! Orders are in - we're moving back to the front." Cinedigm is releasing this new WWII film on VOD next month, so here's the trailer for The Battle of the Bulge: Wunderland. This ...