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Today in World War II History

70 Years Ago—March 9, 1940: New song in Top Ten: "When You Wish upon a Star" from Walt Disney's Pinocchio.
65 Years Ago—March 9, 1945: US B-29s launch first major nighttime, low-altitude incendiary raid on Tokyo—97,000 are killed in the most destructive air attack of the entire war.

Lessons from the 1940s Woman - Support Your Man!

Here's a poster that would never be printed today. To the eye of the 2010 woman, this girl looks a bit...daft. The doting little woman fawning over her man's accomplishments. Doesn't she have a life of her own?

Maybe she's not as stupid as we think.

Though our culture has undergone a gigantic shift, the basic nature of a man has not. According to Dr. Emerson Eggerichs in Love and Respect (Thomas Nelson, 2004), while the primary need of a woman is to be loved, the primary need of a man is to be ...

Today in World War II History

65 Years Ago—March 8, 1945: German commandos from the occupied Channel Islands raid Normandy Harbor at night and free 67 POWs.

Today in World War II History

65 Years Ago—March 7, 1945: US First Army seizes intact Ludendorff Bridge over Rhine at Remagen, 8000 troops cross the first day.

A Name and a Winner!

Thanks to everyone for your clever ideas for names for my blog! I've chosen the suggestion of my sister, Martha Groeber. No, this is not nepotism!! Her suggestion, Under His Wings, was the working title for Book 2 in my series, now officially A Memory Between Us. When I chose the title for the novel, I loved the double imagery - wings for the planes and for coming to trust under the Lord's wings - and it fits the blog just as well.

I received suggestions from fourteen wonderful people, both...

Today in World War II History

65 Years Ago—March 6, 1945: Germans launch offensive to retake Hungarian oil fields—will have partial, temporary success.

Today in World War II History

65 Years Ago—March 5, 1945: German Army begins conscripting fifteen year old boys.

Today in World War II History

65 Years Ago—March 4, 1945: US B-29 Superfortresses first land on Iwo Jima as an emergency field. British Fourteenth Army takes Meiktila, Burma.

Happy Blogiversary!

My little blog is a year old today, and still doesn't have a name! What kind of horrible mother am I?

To celebrate - and to name this poor child - I'm holding a drawing for a copy of my novel, A Distant Melody. Suggest a name for my blog in the comments and I'll enter you in the drawing. Please also leave a way for me to get ahold of you - unless we're already Facebook friends. Then I've got you! I'll hold the drawing on Saturday, March 6. No purchase necessary, United States only please...

Today in World War II History

70 Years Ago—March 3, 1940: In the Soviet-Finnish war, the Soviets launch a final major offensive at Viipuri, Finland.
65 Years Ago—March 3, 1945: US and Canadian troops link between the Maas and Rhine rivers.