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Gen. George S. Patton and the slaps heard ’round the world

Posted on November 23, 2020 by Marc Lancaster One comment

In two incidents a week apart in August 1943, Gen. George S. Patton slapped soldiers in field hospitals in Sicily. Though war correspondents knew about at least one incident almost immediately, they chose not to report it and the news didn’t become public until three months later.

‘Today the guns are silent’: Japan surrenders

Posted on September 2, 2020 by Marc Lancaster Leave a comment

At 9:18 a.m. Tokyo time on Sunday, September 2, 1945, World War II came to an end. The war correspondents aboard the USS Missouri that day shared not only the details of the surrender ceremony but their reflections on what had brought the world to this long-awaited moment.