U.S. History 1929-1945
Earl Rickard
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In 1931 the long evolving Santa Claus was brought into focus by Swedish artist and a large American Company.
On the eve of World War II the great American songwriter Irving Berlin wanted to write a special song.
In the Spring of 1945, a group of recently freed American POWs crated up all their ingenuity and shipped it home.
World War II came to an end on a peaceful September morning in Tokyo Bay, Japan.
Until Jimmy Hoffa disappeared in the 1970s, this New York Judge was the poster boy for missing persons.
Director Ron Howard did good job of keepng the movie Cinderella Man close to the facts.
Jules Verne sent a pair of fictional characters around the world in 80 days. In 1931, Wiley Post and Harold Gatty took a lot less time.
Sixty years ago Eisenhower's headquarters tried to hold up the news of the German surrender for 24 hours, but the good news was hard to suppress.
April 12, 1945: And The Nation Moved On
When Americans arose on the morning of Thursday, April 12, 1945, their leader had been president for a dozen years; By night fall they were led by a man they hardly knew.
In the 1930s Hitler's tentacles reached across the Atlantic to create the German American Bund.