The Japanese-American owner of a grocery store in Oakland, CA, closed following evacuation orders hung a sign reading “I AM AN AMERICAN” the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. April 1942.
Mussolini and Hitler
The House I Live In: Starring Frank Sinatra, written by Albert Maltz
The video I posted earlier had the song edited out and I didn’t realize it! So here’s a link to the complete video.
It’s a wonderful piece of World War II era propaganda.
This is Sinatra at his best. Albert Maltz, the writer, was later blacklisted for his ties to Communism. Sickening, as heart-warmingly American as this video is. How could the House UnAmerican Activities Committee find the man who wrote that film (and the many who wrote the song, as well) UnAmerican?
In this special multi-part ~sWaGg~ feature, we’re going to look at one of the most legit cats in all of history: Jack Churchill.
If you want to be featured on Swagg History, it seems that the easiest way is to have Churchill for a last name. John Malcolm Thorpe Fleming Churchill, or “Mad Jack” Churchill, was a commando in the British army in WWII. We all know commandos are pretty ~sWaGg~ as it is, so what makes Jack Churchill extra ~sWaGg~? Not only did he have some incredibly awesome British names, but he also was the only person in World War II to get a confirmed kill with a bow and arrow.
That’s pretty legit, but that’s not all he did. He also carried a sword with him everywhere. See the picture that’s attached, with all the soldiers leaving the landing craft? See the little white strip coming from one guy’s hand? That’s not just one guy, and that’s not just a white strip. That’s Jack Churchill, sword in hand, storming the beaches. Why did he carry a sword around in a war fought with rifles and artillery and planes?
“Any officer who goes into action without his sword is improperly dressed.”
That’s why. Part 2 of the Swagg History Jack Churchill special tomorrow!
What a fascinating guy…I expect tomorrow’s special to feature his bag-pipe playing ability and his war capture. Can’t fail to mention the fact that he was a bit disappointed when the war ended.
This guy…
Is this wrong?
So today in the anniversary of VE-Day, signifying the end of World War II in Europe in 1945.
Today, the Mavericks beat the Lakers in a 4-0 sweep by simply dominating them in every way possible. A great victory.
Is it wrong that I see a connection, here?
I love how when I asked what the intended message of this cartoon was, most of my students answered “Don’t get drunk.”
