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Op-ed: FDR’s Fireside Chat is a model for calm amid coronavirus pandemic
The author thinks Trump's address to the nation about COVID-19 flopped.
By Michael J. Socolow, University of Maine
Latest "Franklin D. Roosevelt" stories
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Op-ed: Naming a future flattop after Doris Miller was right and just
Let's pay homage to a petty officer who represented our nation's values and aspirations.
By Capt. Lawrence Brennan (retired)
Four days in December: Germany’s path to war with the US
Adolf Hitler and other German leaders so thoroughly expected the Reich to fight America that, after the initial delighted outburst, they gave Pearl Harbor scarcely a thought.
By Gerhard L. Weinberg, HistoryNet
Would a shark attack victim be eligible for the Purple Heart?
During World War II, many U.S. ships were sunk due to enemy action and sailors entered the water uninjured. Until the sharks arrived.
By Barbara Salazar Torreon, Congressional Research Service
How Dorie Miller’s bravery helped fight Navy racism
The first American hero of World War II helped clear the way for others by doing what he was not allowed to do.
By Thomas W. Cutrer and T. Michael Parrish, World War II Magazine
The Operation Dragoon drama of Douglas Fairbanks
Famed for his heroics on screen, a Hollywood idol topped himself at war as leader of a band of seaborne deception specialists
By David Sears, World War II Magazine