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The Road to Fort Oglethorpe: Preparing for Overseas Training
By early January 1945, the War Department and WAC leadership were engaged in the final stages of preparing selected personnel for overseas service. Across the United States, Wacs stationed at various posts were being transferred to the Third WAC Training Center at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia, where they would undergo two weeks of overseas training. For… →
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A Date Which Will Live in Infamy
Just before 8 am, in the air above Battleship Row, radio silence was broken by three words—“Tora! Tora! Tora!” Captain Mitsuo Fuchida had just signaled to the Japanese Fleet that the Americans were unsuspecting, and the attack on Pearl Harbor was to begin. A mere ninety minutes later, the attack had sank five battleships, a… →
Lipstick & War 