World War II

With the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, World War II came to American territory. On December 12th, the University of North Dakota's student newspaper, the Dakota Student, printed this editorial about the arrival of World War II.

Across the United States the country recoiled at the alarming news of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on this date in 1941. The Japanese bombardment and declaration of war had been a surprise.

During World War II, newspapers regularly reported on the battles and the horrific consequences, including the fate of local personnel serving in the military. This week in 1943 the Forum newspaper’s reading public was once again apprised of the cost.

During World War II, the American public paid exceptional attention to the needs of their local community as well as the needs of the troops. One of the frequent citizen-led activities were drives for needed items during the long, weary days and years of the war. Virtually every newspaper in the country kept people apprised of those needs.

A farm boy runs away, becomes a journalist, gets drafted, and runs into a surprise.

When Rudy Froeschle of Hazen, North Dakota, mustered out of the service after World War II, he picked up some pamphlets. Rudy found out you could buy a…

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Newspaper readers in the early 1940s were accustomed to their daily newspaper coverage of war battles and international conflict. World War II affected…

On the night before D-Day in World War II, General Dwight D. Eisenhower visited with paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division at a staging-base in…

Cornelius Ryan passed away on this date in 1974. Ryan was an Irish journalist and author well known for writing World War II military history. His most…