Examining the American experience in the Second World War

"A soldier in action drinks a lot of coffee" : The Popularity of the Breakfast K Ration

Why did soldiers prefer the Breakfast K Ration? Coffee.

"Letters from a Hospital"

An Army Nurse describes the Treatment of Soldiers Wounded in Combat

Etched in Purple: Separating Fact from Fiction

Research shows that a Popular World War II Memoir is Largely Fictionalized

"Boy do I travel heavy . . ." The field jacket contents of Pfc. Thomas B. Harper III

On November 24, 1944, in the vicinity Schirmeck, France, Private First Class Thomas B. Harper III describes the contents of the pockets of his field jacket in a letter to his parents.

Fuck

How a Curse Word Entered the Lexicons of Millions of World War II Servicemen