Winter brings to mind wonderful visions of snow-covered fields, perfectly round snowballs and ice skating. It also brings memories of scraping ice off of car windshields, shoveling sidewalks and desperately trying to keep your footing on slippery walks from the ...
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‘Use It Up, Wear It Out, Make It Do, Or Do Without’
At the beginning of the 20th Century, the United States was booming. The country had seen large growth following the Civil War and had entered a new age with the creation of labor laws and public works projects. Tough times ...
Read More »That Time The U.S. Gov’t Rationed Food – And Threatened Jail For Those Who Didn’t
If you were asked to picture people lined up at a grocery store with ration books in their hands, you would probably imagine people in war-torn Europe. However, during World War II, government-issued ration books were a very real part ...
Read More »The WWII Winter Survival Story You’ve Never Heard
World War II is full of survival stories, but there is one particularly harrowing one – set in winter – that wasn’t fully told until recently. It involves an American pilot named Leon Crane who crashed during the middle of ...
Read More »The WWII-Tested, Multi-Purpose Antique Rifle That Can Beat An AR-15
When you talk about famous firearms of the British Empire, a couple of examples will quickly ring a bell. One is the respected Brown Bess and its variations, which saw the uniting of the crowns into the United Kingdom and ...
Read More »8 World War II Survival Lessons We Must Never Forget
Our ancestors simply were better equipped for survival than the people of our generation. Just look at it this way: Could you imagine your neighbors heading out cross-country in a covered wagon to settle “out west” somewhere? For most of ...
Read More »US General: Force ‘Radicalized’ Americans Into Internment Camps
World War II-style internment camps would return to America if one of the nation’s most distinguished retired generals had his way. Retired Army General and former presidential candidate Wesley Clark told MSNBC’s Thomas Roberts that he would like to see ...
Read More »World War II Veteran Arrested For Feeding Homeless Faces 2 Months In Jail
Christian charity is now a crime in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. A 90-year-old World War II veteran and two pastors have been arrested and threatened with jail for sharing food with the homeless in a city park. “One of the police ...
Read More »The Modern Survivalist Movement: It’s Really Not All That Modern
The prepping movement seems to be growing by leaps and bounds. While there are no accurate figures about how many people in the United States identify themselves as “preppers,” estimates range right around 3 million people. A more accurate idea ...
Read More »An Old Captain Remembers World War II
As each day passes fewer people have any first or even second-hand connection to World War II. This year our president did nothing to commemorate D-Day (deciding campaigning was a better use of his time than actually acknowledging the sacrifice ...
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