Hayden Hayden, United Service Organizations, Pritzker Military Museum and Library, Unknown
World War II era poster of a smiling soldier and nurse. Supporting America’s troops was the first mission of the USO. In 1941, as it became clear that…
Tags: FDR, Military, Posters, Salvation Army, United Service Organization, United States, USO, World War II, WWII, YWCA
Office of War Information domestic photographic units, V-Mail During World War II, Library of Congress, Circa 1942
In both world wars, letter writing was a popular means of improving the morale of troops overseas. During the latter years of World War II, V-mail…
Tags: Postal Service, V-Mail, War, World War II, WWII
Oxfam, Theodore Richard “Dick” Milford (1895 – 1987), Oxfam, 1942
Dick Milford was a clergyman, educator, and philanthropist in England during the first half of the 20th century who is best known for his role in the…
Tags: Aid, Charity, Dick Milford, NGO, Oxfam, Philanthropy, Religion, WWII
Unknown, FDR'S Fireside Chats, National Records and Archives Administration, March 12 1933
President Franklin D. Roosevelt, commonly referred to as “FDR,”who took executive office in early 1933, would become the only president in American…
Tags: FDR, Fireside Chats, Great Depression, Historic, Radio, WWII
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